Food prices
Global rice prices have hit a floor, but India’s supply glut will smother any gains
Falling rice prices may benefit consumers in Africa and beyond, but they threaten to erode the already thin profits of Asian farmers, who grow nearly 90% of global rice
Singapore retail sales unexpectedly dip 0.7% in November, with mixed performance across industries
Of the 14 sectors, seven report year-on-year growth
Issue 129: LReit’s new debt sticks to sustainability-linked structure; Oxford Economics weighs food cost of net zero
This week in ESG: Lendlease Global Commercial Reit’s commitment to sustainability-linked financing; net zero could significantly raise food production costs in South-east Asia
Net-zero policies in Asean may cause food production costs to jump 60% by 2050: report
New foreign direct investment is key to drive transformation of the region’s food production system
Economists trim inflation forecasts after Singapore’s October core, headline inflation reach lowest since 2021
Core inflation at 2.1%, headline at 1.4%
World food prices reach 18-month high in October, UN says
The price index was up 5.5% from a year ago and marked its highest since April 2023
Singapore inflation marginally higher than expected in September; core at 2.8%, headline at 2%
Sequentially, core CPI edges up 0.1 per cent; headline CPI is up 0.3 per cent
World food price index marks biggest rise since March 2022
Higher food prices may continue to hit consumers as bad weather and escalating tensions in the Middle East threaten to roil food markets
Your olive oil might be unfit for human consumption
The more processed a food is, the easier it is to add adulterants or deliberately mislabel
World food prices ease slightly in August, UN says
THE United Nations’ world food price index eased slightly in August, data released on Friday (Sep 6) showed, as lower prices for sugar, meat and cereals more than offset higher dairy and vegetable oil...
