Macroeconomics Food Prices See Their Smallest Increase n Nine Months The Year of the Rabbit kicked off with a sharp reduction in food inflation, as the average cost was up just 2.6 percent in February from a year ago. The oversupply of live hogs has resulted in a sharp correction to pork prices, which rose last month by just 3.9 percent year-on-year. Similarly, the cost of fresh vegetables climbed by a mere 3.8 percent after an uptick in January of 6.7 percent. The other major categories also seeing a slowing in rising costs include fresh fruit, milk, eggs, and cooking oil, which were up from a year ago by 8.5 percent, 1.5 percent, 7.8 percent, and 6.4 percent, respectively.   Along with the costs of food, consumer prices for o...