ScholarLens Back to search
1980•RePEc: Research Papers in EconomicsOpen access

1979 Food Prices in Review

Paul C. Westcott, Westcott, Paul C.

Open full text 0 citations

Abstract

Retail food prices rose l0.9 percent in I 979, while the overall rate of inflation was 11.3 percent. These rates compare with a I 0-percent increase in food prices and a 7. 7-percent overall inflation rate in 1978. Retail food prices are expected to rise another 7 to 11 percent during 1980, with overall prices expected to go up 10 to 12 percent.

Open-access reader

About this research paper

What this paper is about

Retail food prices rose l0.9 percent in I 979, while the overall rate of inflation was 11.3 percent. These rates compare with a I 0-percent increase in food prices and a 7. 7-percent overall inflation rate in 1978. Retail food prices are expected to rise another 7 to 11 percent during 1980, with overall prices expected to go up 10 to 12 percent.

Why it matters

A significance statement is not available in the OpenAlex record.

Key contribution

A contribution statement is not available in the OpenAlex record.

Method / approach

Method details are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Main findings

Findings are not separately available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Limitations

Limitations are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Applications

Application details are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Available abstract

Retail food prices rose l0.9 percent in I 979, while the overall rate of inflation was 11.3 percent. These rates compare with a I 0-percent increase in food prices and a 7. 7-percent overall inflation rate in 1978. Retail food prices are expected to rise another 7 to 11 percent during 1980, with overall prices expected to go up 10 to 12 percent.

Key concepts: Inflation (cosmology), Food prices, Economics, Agricultural economics, Monetary economics, Inflation rate, Interest rate, Food security

Related papers

Related paper 1Related paper 2Related paper 3
Back to paper searchBrowse research topicsOriginal source
1979 Food Prices in Review — Research Paper | ScholarLens