Consumers and Food Price Inflation

Schnepf, Randy ; Richardson, Joe

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Food prices;    Agricultural prices;    Food;    Consumers;   

RP-ID  :  R40545
RP-ID  :  R40545_2011Apr14

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report is divided into five sections that cover the following: major economic concepts underlying consumer food behavior; descriptions how U.S. food price inflation rates have evolved since 1915, when federal price data collection for inflation-measuring purposes began; information on recent history and projections for U.S. food expenditure shares relative to total household budget; an examination of retail food price inflation; and a discussion on the impact that rapid food price inflation can have on government food programs and the more vulnerable consumer groups.