Major African cocoa plants in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana have stopped or cut processing because they cannot afford to buy beans.
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Sometimes, good news for investors is bad for consumers.
Although Wendy’s won’t be exploring dynamic pricing until 2025 at the earliest, this type of pricing strategy is nothing new for many industries.
Supermarket pricing is a big story but let’s forget the media coverage, the politician sound bytes and the corporate PR for a moment. What are ordinary Australians saying about supermarket pricing?
Two important inflation indicators are trending in different directions. What gives?
Pressure for greater transparency by food producers and retailers about costs is increasing as rising grocery prices hit the hip pocket.
Central America is a long way from Australia but a drought in the region is having an impact on the availability and price of some products.
Official data confirms what we are all experiencing - the cost of most things has jumped. So how is this measured and where are the biggest increases?
An expert in high-end collectibles explains why certain items can become valuable – and also how they can lose worth.
Prom can be very expensive, but prices for clothes, photographers and other traditional gear haven’t climbed as much as everything else.
Retail stores change the prices of their products based on the shopping habits of consumers. But consumers come in a variety of types, and not all of them influence prices equally.
A slowdown in price rises, combined with the shift to less aggressive rate hikes, is good news for the minister’s budget initiatives on growth.
Prices are up to five times higher than the raw costs of production for many of the goods and services we all need.
The fleeting nature of prices is prompting bold new research in econophysics and finance.
The OBR’s official inflation forecasts include economists’ expectations, but what about yours?
How to spot the changes made to goods and services as a result of rising costs.
The rich history of UK consumer culture has been captured in the composition of the ‘basket of goods’ used to measure inflation.
Periods of high food inflation affect poor households the most. This is because they spend a higher percentage of their income on food.
Inflation is bad for any country’s economy. It also hurts the wealth and financial well-being of individuals and households.
Although COVID-19 measures have had a negative impact on food supply in Nigeria, there are other factors responsible for the dramatic rise in food prices.
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Visiting Professor at the Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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Paul Whiteley is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Associate Clinical Professor of Law, University of Chicago
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Associate Professor of Quantitative Marketing and Analytics, McGill University
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Teaching Focused Lecturer in Econometrics, University of Manchester
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Professor at the Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town
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Professor of International Political Economy, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Mathematician, University of Portsmouth
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Professor of Comparative Policy Analysis, Universität Wien
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Professor of Finance, North Carolina State University
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Associate Professor of Economics and Scientia Fellow, UNSW Sydney
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Assistant Professor in Law, National University of Ireland Maynooth
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Omar H. Fares is a Friend of The Conversation.
Lecturer in the Ted Rogers School of Retail Management, Toronto Metropolitan University
