Acting CME Dean, Sylvain Charlebois and Prof. Francis Tapon's study entitled Food Index 2012, predicts an average increase of 2 percent in food prices for 2012. Quoted in the Yahoo!Finance article Will food, electronics weight heavily on your wallet in 2012?, the study projects a 3 percent price increase for items such as meat, vegetables and baked goods and a zero increase for other staples, creating a 2 percent average increase. Read full article [1]
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