Food Price Inflation : Causes and Impacts.

Reviews rising food prices in 2007 and 2008; and discusses main causes, impact on consumers, relationship to energy costs, food price inflation by food type, impact on low-income households, Federal spending on domestic food assistance programs, and implications for foreign food aid.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2008.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Food relief. Inflation (Finance) Poverty. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Description
Summary:	Reviews rising food prices in 2007 and 2008; and discusses main causes, impact on consumers, relationship to energy costs, food price inflation by food type, impact on low-income households, Federal spending on domestic food assistance programs, and implications for foreign food aid.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.