Macroeconomics Food Prices Up by 13.2 Percent in July For the second straight month, the cost of food in China was up year-on-year by double digits. Following a 11.1 percent increase in June, higher pork, vegetable, cooking oil, and dairy products pushed up food inflation to 13.2 percent, the largest jump since April. By comparison, China’s consumer price index (CPI) according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) rose by just 2.7 percent in July compared to 2.5 percent in June. NBS data show that the average pork retail price was up year-on-year in July by 85.7 percent, while fresh vegetables, cooking oil, and dairy products climbed by 7.9 percent, 6.4 percent, and .9 percent, respectively, from a year ago. The only reprieves...
What You Need to Know Today: China’s state-run COFCO, in statements on Tuesday, implied that U.S. corn exports were currently uneconomical but hinted that the Middle Kingdom would import 3.5 MMT of the feed grain this year, with 1 MMT likely sourced from the U.S. Another drone attack has...
Tanker-tracking data shows a smaller recovery in oil flowing through the Strait of Hormuz than previously thought. Energy Secretary Chris Wright, speaking by video to an international energy conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, said that oil moving through the strait was back to 80 to 90 percent...
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