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PRICES & SPENDING   •  Apr 2023  •  Volume 12 / Number 7
High grain prices rippled throughout the economy

High grain prices rippled throughout the economy

This Beyond the Numbers article discusses trends in grain prices and their ripple effects on food inflation from December 2019 to August 2022. It examines changes in food prices in the PPI, the CPI, and in the FD-ID system.

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