Many Canadians are puzzled by food prices remaining high despite the Bank of Canada’s efforts to curb inflation. If interest rate policies aren’t bringing food prices down, then what will?
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Galen Weston’s brand as a spokesperson might be friendly and affable, but his organization’s pricing strategies are anything but.
The end of an era of cheap food.
Inflation is driving up food prices and could have a severe impact on the health of Canadians. When the cost of food increases, it restricts the availability of nutritious foods for low-income people.
Inflation is perhaps the biggest poverty accelerator in the economy due to its weakening effect on people’s purchasing power.
Bakers in Nigeria might go on strike again to protest rising cost of operations.
About a third of American adults in Generation Z lack the money or resources needed for reliable access to nutritious food.
Soaring inflation in the US has been driven in part by large increases in the price of groceries – a burden that falls disproportionately on lower-income families.
The US economy gained more jobs than expected in June, although it was still a decline from May. An economist explains what the new numbers mean.
High food prices are exposing yet another risk of our hyper-concentrated global food system and strengthening the case for more diversified and decentralized alternatives.
Inflation is bad for any country’s economy. It also hurts the wealth and financial well-being of individuals and households.
As long as industrial policies in Nigeria are introduced only as a crisis response, import restrictions will continue to be their focus.
Rising food prices are not an easy fix and we shouldn’t be pretending otherwise.
The consumer price index, which measures everything from the price of peanut butter to gasoline, jumped at an annualized pace of 8.5% in March 2022 as inflation continued to accelerate.
Grocers must find a way to add value and affordability for consumers.
In spite of policies aimed at tackling food inflation, food prices in Nigeria have continued to rise.
Soaring inflation and a run on the banks signal that punishing sanctions resulting from the invasion of Ukraine are already inflicting economic pain.
The rising cost of groceries and gas is fueling the fastest increase in consumer prices in 40 years and widening the inflation gap between the rich and poor.
Food inflation figures in Nigeria give cause for concern. Accusing fingers are pointed at rising dollars, farmers and middlemen, but this expert says the can may have been placed on the wrong heads.
Long-term increases like this are unusual. So is the fact that this increased governmental generosity began with a measure approved by Congress when Republicans held majorities in both chambers.
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Doctoral Candidate in Economics, University of California, San Diego
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Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab, Professor in Food Distribution and Policy, Dalhousie University
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Professor, Food Economics, University of Guelph
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Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Economics, and Political Science, MacEwan University
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Professor of Economics, University of Lagos
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Policy Officer, ECDPM
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Director of the Arrell Food Institute and Professor in the Dept. of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, University of Guelph
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Visiting Professor at the Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
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Research Scientist/Economist, Agricultural Economics, Purdue University
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Assistant Professor, Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology, University of Toronto
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Professor of Government, Wesleyan University
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Lecturer/Researcher, Obafemi Awolowo University
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Assistant Professor, Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture, Dalhousie University
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PhD Student, Social Anthropology, Dalhousie University
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Associate Professor of Finance, University of Nebraska Omaha
