Brazil’s commodity bright spot
Finding any good news about Brazil on Monday was a struggle. Economists cut Brazil’s GDP 2012 forecast for the tenth straight time to 1.9 per cent, the stock market fell as much as 2 per cent after the...
View ArticleFood crisis: how do the Brics fare?
Droughts in the US have led to prices for corn and soy hitting record levels in recent weeks, and talk of a new world food crisis abounds. Previous price spikes in 2008 and 2010-11 created shockwaves...
View ArticleIndia’s wheat shortage, sorry, surplus
It’s a country struggling to deal with widespread and persistent hunger. Yet India has too much wheat. As stockpiles fill the country’s storage facilities, a panel of senior ministers will meet on...
View ArticleChina’s selling may keep food prices low this year
By Carlos Mera, Rabobank As the world grapples with major economic and geo-political changes, we have predicted that food prices – which like all commodities are influenced by such forces – will remain...
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