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The Food Shortage — One More Thing America Cannot Do

Posted: August 10, 2012 at 6:40 am

The deep recession and the lack of any meaningful recovery has sliced into the American attitude that citizens and the government can do anything they set their minds to, if ...
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UN Food Price Index Jumps on US Drought (CORN, SOYB)

Posted: August 9, 2012 at 11:59 am

The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Food Price Index for July rose by 6% following three months of decline. Sharp rises in grain and sugar prices led to ...
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Food Prices Continue Decline — But Maybe Not for Long

Posted: July 5, 2012 at 7:18 am

For the third consecutive month, food prices in June declined, down -1.8% to their lowest level since September 2010. Prices peaked in February 2011 and have declined by more than ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (6/7/2012) Airline Profits, Food Prices

Posted: June 7, 2012 at 6:43 am

Unemployment in Greece reached 21.9% in March, which allows it to move into the club of EU nations with unemployment rates over 20%. Spain chairs that association. The Greek number ...
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Global Food Prices Down–UN

Posted: June 7, 2012 at 6:31 am

Food prices, one of the greatest threats to the overall health of the global economy have fallen recently, and dropped very sharply in May according to the UN Food ...
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The 15 Countries With The Highest Inflation Rates

Posted: May 3, 2011 at 10:55 pm

Like death and taxes, no one escapes the ravages of inflation.   These days, it's the talk of folks from Caracas to Lagos to Moscow.   Americans who are complaining about the ...
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