What Makes Food Prices?

Economic Research Service Marketing Economics Division

No 320884, Miscellaneous Publications from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: Food prices go up or down for many reasons—some physical like weather, some economic like labor costs, some because of merchandising practices like weekend sales. Here briefly is more about why food prices can fluctuate month by month, week by week, even day by day.

Keywords: Demand and Price Analysis; International Relations/Trade; Marketing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 6
Date: 1966-08
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.320884

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