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A Senate enquiry has found both suppliers and customers of our supermarkets are struggling. Regulators have to find a way to rebalance the market, which doesn’t make these groups bear the cost.
Several economies are dependent on cocoa.
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Major African cocoa plants in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana have stopped or cut processing because they cannot afford to buy beans.
Not even she can keep everyone happy.
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Sometimes, good news for investors is bad for consumers.
Several news outlets recently ran stories suggesting Wendy’s would raise prices during busy periods, prompting widespread backlash and criticism online.
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Although Wendy’s won’t be exploring dynamic pricing until 2025 at the earliest, this type of pricing strategy is nothing new for many industries.
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Supermarket pricing is a big story but let’s forget the media coverage, the politician sound bytes and the corporate PR for a moment. What are ordinary Australians saying about supermarket pricing?
Aisle be damned! Inflation is proving stubborn as the economy moves into 2024.
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Two important inflation indicators are trending in different directions. What gives?
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Pressure for greater transparency by food producers and retailers about costs is increasing as rising grocery prices hit the hip pocket.
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Central America is a long way from Australia but a drought in the region is having an impact on the availability and price of some products.
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Official data confirms what we are all experiencing - the cost of most things has jumped. So how is this measured and where are the biggest increases?
From limited editions to spelling errors, only the rarest Beanie Babies are worth money.
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An expert in high-end collectibles explains why certain items can become valuable – and also how they can lose worth.
Prom is more than just a big dance party – and can cost a pretty penny.
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Prom can be very expensive, but prices for clothes, photographers and other traditional gear haven’t climbed as much as everything else.
More and more consumers are engaging in showrooming, the practice of visiting brick-and-mortar retail stores to research a product before buying it elsewhere at a lower price.
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Retail stores change the prices of their products based on the shopping habits of consumers. But consumers come in a variety of types, and not all of them influence prices equally.
A food vendor in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. The rise in food prices has begun to ease in the country.
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A slowdown in price rises, combined with the shift to less aggressive rate hikes, is good news for the minister’s budget initiatives on growth.
Abnormally high market prices funnel wealth from consumers to owners of large companies.
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Prices are up to five times higher than the raw costs of production for many of the goods and services we all need.
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The fleeting nature of prices is prompting bold new research in econophysics and finance.
The Bank of England (pictured) uses OBR forecasts to decide on UK interest rates.
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The OBR’s official inflation forecasts include economists’ expectations, but what about yours?
Shopping during an inflationary uptick can require a bit more thought.
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How to spot the changes made to goods and services as a result of rising costs.
What goes into the shopping basket of goods used to track inflation?
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The rich history of UK consumer culture has been captured in the composition of the ‘basket of goods’ used to measure inflation.
Food prices in South Africa are rising.
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Periods of high food inflation affect poor households the most. This is because they spend a higher percentage of their income on food.
Food inflation is hitting people across the board in multiple countries.
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Inflation is bad for any country’s economy. It also hurts the wealth and financial well-being of individuals and households.