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Food prices

Global Enterprise
NEWS ANALYSIS

Global rice prices have hit a floor, but India’s supply glut will smother any gains

Supermarkets and hypermarkets reported retail sales growth of 2 per cent in November.
Singapore

Singapore retail sales unexpectedly dip 0.7% in November, with mixed performance across industries

About 85 per cent of LReit’s committed debt facilities are linked to sustainability performance indicators.
Sustainable Finance
ESG Insights

Issue 129: LReit’s new debt sticks to sustainability-linked structure; Oxford Economics weighs food cost of net zero

Workers harvesting rice in Thailand using their sickles, before the threshing and winnowing. With climate change, rising sea levels are threatening rice fields and the region’s supply of the grain will come under more pressure.
Sustainable Finance

Net-zero policies in Asean may cause food production costs to jump 60% by 2050: report

Food inflation was unchanged at 2.6 per cent, as the prices of non-cooked food and food services rose at a similar pace in September and October.
Singapore

Economists trim inflation forecasts after Singapore’s October core, headline inflation reach lowest since 2021

Prices of all categories rose apart from meat, with vegetable oils jumping more than 7 per cent from the previous month, supported by concerns over palm oil production.
International

World food prices reach 18-month high in October, UN says

Only one category, retail and other goods inflation, recorded higher year-on-year inflation in September, compared with August.
Singapore

Singapore inflation marginally higher than expected in September; core at 2.8%, headline at 2%

The 3 per cent gain in the gauge – that tracks grains, sugar, meat, dairy and vegetable oils costs – is the largest increase since March 2022.
International

World food price index marks biggest rise since March 2022

oil, olive oil, kitchen
Opinion & Features

Your olive oil might be unfit for human consumption

The price index, compiled by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to track the most globally traded food commodities, slipped to 120.7 points in August from a revised 121 in July.
Global Enterprise

World food prices ease slightly in August, UN says

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