FUEL AND FOOD

Nov. 8, 2021

Last week, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation released data showing its world Food Price Index (FPI) averaging 133.2 points in October, the highest since July 2011.

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  • No less significant, though, is the way the FPI has oscillated since the outbreak of Covid-19.

  • In May 2020, when the global economy was in the doldrums, it had collapsed to a four-year low of 91.1 points. From there to a ten-and-a-quarter-year-high now has been quite a climb.

  • Much of this roller-coaster has had to do with oil.

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