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- Reuters
World food price index rises for seventh month running in Dec -FAO
World food prices rose for a seventh consecutive month in December, with all the major categories, barring sugar, posting gains last month, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday. The Food and Agriculture Organization's food price index, which measures monthly changes for a basket of cereals, oilseeds, dairy products, meat and sugar, averaged 107.5 points last month versus 105.2 in November. For the whole of 2020, the benchmark index averaged 97.9 points, a three-year high and a 3.1% increase from 2019.
- Reuters
World food price index rises for seventh month running in December - FAO
World food prices rose for a seventh consecutive month in December, with all the major categories, barring sugar, posting gains last month, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday. The Food and Agriculture Organization's food price index, which measures monthly changes for a basket of cereals, oilseeds, dairy products, meat and sugar, averaged 107.5 points last month versus 105.2 in November. For the whole of 2020, the benchmark index averaged 97.9 points, a three-year high and a 3.1% increase from 2019.
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Can Oil Stocks Bounce Back in 2021
There's no way to sugar coat things; 2020 was an abysmal year for the oil market. Crude oil prices are on track to decline more than 20% on the year, though that doesn't even begin to tell the story considering that oil prices crashed into negative territory at one point in the year. The biggest weight on the oil market in 2020 was demand, which fell off a cliff because of the COVID-19 outbreak.
