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Correlation between financial crashes and food price volatiliy

The financialisation of food markets has been accompanied by the risks of financial volatility. In the years between 1905–1990, there was no relationship between financial crashes and food price volatility. Since 1990 however, there has been a significant correlation between the two.

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Agriculture, food and land use
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Global food and agriculture
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Food prices
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Food price volatility
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Causes of food price volatility
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Agricultural commodity speculation
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Correlation between financial crashes and food price volatiliy
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Food prices are becoming more volatile
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What constitutes speculation?
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Analysis needs to be narrowed to specific markets, sectors, locations
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Speculation can be a price discovery mechanism
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Speculation doesn't lead to persistently higher prices
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Limited evidence of effects of speculation
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