The FAO Food Price Index fall to its lowest level since September 2010
·The FAO Food Price Index averaged 196.6 points in August 2014, its lowest level since September 2010. In August, the index registered its fifth consecutive monthly decline, down 7.3 points (3.6...
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The FAO Food Price Index continued to decline in January, averaging 182.7 points for the month, or 1.9 percent below its December 2014 level.
View ArticleThe FAO Food Price Index dips to its lowest level since July 2010
The FAO Food Price Index is a measure of the monthly change in international prices of a basket of food commodities. It consists of the average of five commodity group price indices, weighted with the...
View ArticleThe FAO Food Price Index keeps falling
» The FAO Food Price Index averaged 171 points in April 2015, down 2.1 points (1.2 percent) from March and 40.5 points (19.2 percent) below its level in April 2014. Dairy prices fell most, but sugar,...
View ArticleThe FAO Food Price Index starts the new year with another decline
The FAO Food Price Index is a measure of the monthly change in international prices of a basket of food commodities. It consists of the average of five commodity group price indices, weighted with the...
View ArticleThe FAO Food Price Index steady in February, but 14.5 percent weaker than a...
» The FAO Food Price Index* (FFPI) averaged 150.2 points in February 2016, nearly unchanged from January, but 25.6 points (14.5 percent) below February 2015. The most outstanding development last month...
View ArticleThe FAO Food Price Index up a notch as sliding dairy prices nearly offset...
» The FAO Food Price Index* (FFPI) averaged 151.0 points in March 2016, up 1.0 percent from February, but almost 21 points (12.0 percent) below its March 2015 level. The main feature last month was the...
View ArticleThe FAO Food Price Index rises in June for the fifth consecutive month
» The FAO Food Price Index* (FFPI) averaged 163.4 points in June 2016, 6.6 points (4.2 percent) higher than in May and one percent below the corresponding month last year. Not only did the June...
View ArticleThe FAO Food Price Index hits a 15-month high in August
» The FAO Food Price Index* (FFPI) averaged 165.6 points in August 2016, up 3 points (1.9 percent) from July and almost 7 percent above the corresponding period last year. The August value of the Index...
View ArticleThe FAO Food Price at near two-year high in January
» The FAO Food Price Index* (FFPI) averaged 173.8 points in January 2017, up 3.7 points (2.1 percent) from the revised December value. At this level, the FFPI is at its highest value since February...
View ArticleFAO Food Price Index rebounds in May
» The FAO Food Price Index* (FFPI) averaged 172.6 points in May 2017, up 3.7 points (2.2 percent) from April and nearly 16 points (10 percent) higher than its May 2016 level. The rebound in the value...
View ArticleFAO Food Price Index up for the third month in a row
» The FAO Food Price Index* (FFPI) averaged 179.1 points in July 2017, up 3.9 points (2.3 percent) from June and the third successive month of increases. This latest rise put the Index nearly 16.6...
View ArticleFAO Food Price Index mildly up in September
» The FAO Food Price Index* (FFPI) averaged 178.4 points in September 2017, up 1.4 points (0.8 percent) from August and 7.4 points (4.3 percent) above September 2016. Firmer prices in the vegetable oil...
View ArticleFAO Food Price Index edges down in October
» The FAO Food Price Index* (FFPI) averaged 176.4 points in October 2017, down 2.2 points (1.3 percent) from September. Although at this level the FFPI was up 4 points (2.5 percent) from its value in...
View ArticleFAO Food Price Index down marginally in November
» The FAO Food Price Index* (FFPI) averaged 175.8 points in November 2017, down fractionally (0.5 percent) from October but still almost 4 points (2.3 percent) above the corresponding period last year....
View ArticleThe FAO Food Price Index rebounded in 2017 despite a decline in December
» The FAO Food Price Index* (FFPI) averaged 169.8 points in December 2017, down 5.8 points (3.3 percent) from November with the steepest declines registered in the prices of dairy, vegetable oils and...
View ArticleThe FAO Food Price Index remaining steady
» The FAO Food Price Index* (FFPI) averaged 169.5 points in January 2018, nearly unchanged from December 2017 but almost 3 percent below the corresponding period last year. While firmer prices were...
View ArticleThe FAO Food Price Index up slightly in February
» The FAO Food Price Index* (FFPI) averaged 170.8 points in February 2018, 1.1 percent (1.8 points) higher than in January but 2.7 percent below its value in the corresponding period last year. Higher...
View ArticleThe FAO Food Price Index rises for the second consecutive month
» The FAO Food Price Index* (FFPI) averaged 172.8 points in March 2018, up 1.1 percent (1.8 points) from February, marking the second month of consecutive increase. At this level, the FFPI stood at 0.7...
View ArticleThe FAO Food Price Index steady, while sugar values down sharply
» The FAO Food Price Index* (FFPI) averaged 173.5 points in April 2018, nearly unchanged from March but up 2.7 percent from the corresponding period last year. While the prices of most cereals and...
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