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June 2025 inflation rate.
Graphic Truth

Graphic Truth: Inflation accelerates in June

Inflation ticked up to 2.7% in June as the effects of tariffs took hold, potentially complicating Donald Trump’s economic playbook.

A collage depicting food price increases.
Hunger Pains

Are high food prices here to stay?

A perfect storm of pandemic shortages, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and extreme weather events have driven up food prices and threatened food security globally. Now, a strong El Niño event stretching into 2024 could exacerbate this food crisis, but not for everyone.

Abstact collage depicting food insecurity
Living Beyond Borders Podcasts

Episode 8: Global food (in)security

Listen: Following shortages that came out of the COVID pandemic as well as the war in Ukraine, the dual food problems of affordability and availability persist. While temporary impacts may be waning, the experts also discuss the longer-term impacts of the global food production system on the environment and what will - or won't - be sustainable going forward, including the food system's massive dependence on fossil fuels. In the latest episode of Living Beyond Borders, Peter Ceretti, Director of Global Macro Geo Strategy at Eurasia Group, Harlin Singh, Global Head of Sustainable Investing, and Malcolm Spittler, Global Investment Strategist, and Senior US Economist, both at Citi Global Wealth Investments, discuss the latest causes and ripple effects of food shortages around the globe.

Trader Warren Meyers watches the Fed Rate announcement on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
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Breather for the Fed?

For background, the Fed has been bumping up rates since March 2022, when pandemic-related stimulus and supply chain kinks were driving annual price growth towards 9%, a 40-year high. But these days things are looking rosier.

Who's to blame for sky-high food prices?
Hunger Pains

Who's to blame for sky-high food prices?

More than a year after Russia's war in Ukraine, have we turned from not enough food to more expensive food for all? How is this having different impacts in the developed and developing world?

A chart comparing countries with the largest Muslim populations with corresponding food inflation rates.
Graphic Truth

The Graphic Truth: Ramadan celebrations now cost more

The holy month of Ramadan has begun for the world's roughly 1.9 billion Muslims. But for many, the joyous feasting with family before and after the Ramadan fast will be overshadowed by inflated food prices thanks to Russia’s war in Ukraine. Majority-Muslim populations in Asia and the Middle East, where many countries rely on food imports, will feel the economic pinch most. We take a look at countries with the largest Muslim populations and their corresponding food inflation rates.

Inflation, war, climate headline at UN General Assembly
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Inflation, war, climate headline at UN General Assembly

As high-level week at UNGA gets underway, that's United Nations General Assembly, what is top of mind for visiting world leaders? Is Putin looking to end the war in Ukraine as President Erdogan of Turkey suggests. President Biden says "the pandemic is over". Is it? Ian Bremmer shares his insights on global politics this week on World In :60.

Shortages reach far beyond food
Living Beyond Borders Articles

Shortages reach far beyond food

Food prices are falling: that’s good news, right? Right?
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Food prices are falling: that’s good news, right? Right?

Don’t look now, but one of the worst stories in the world is actually getting better. Slightly.

What We're Watching: Tehran trilateral, EU food jitters, Sri Lankan presidential vote
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What We're Watching: Tehran trilateral, EU food jitters, Sri Lankan presidential vote

Friends with differences in Tehran, EU fillets financial sanctions over food concerns, Sri Lankan MPs vote for president