Global Food Prices and Domestic Inflation: Some Cross-Country Evidence

35 Pages Posted: 21 Jul 2015

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Davide Furceri

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Prakash Loungani

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

John A. Simon

Reserve Bank of Australia - Economic Research

Susan M. Wachter

University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School, Department of Real Estate ; University of Pennsylvania - Finance Department

Date Written: June 2015

Abstract

This paper provides a broad brush look at the impact of fluctuations in global food prices on domestic inflation in a large group of countries. For advanced economies, we find that these fluctuations have played a significant role over the period from 1960 to the present, but the impact has declined over time and become less persistent. We also find that the more recent global food price shocks occurred in the 2000s had a much bigger impact on emerging than on advanced economies. This larger impact could reflect the larger share of food in the consumption baskets in emerging economies on average than in advanced economies, and less anchored inflation expectations in emerging economies than in advanced economies.

Keywords: Food prices, External shocks, Inflation, Developed countries, Emerging markets, Cross country analysis, pass-through, economies, food price inflation, advanced economies, monetary policy, money, consumption, inflation expectations, domestic inflation

JEL Classification: E31, E50, E52, E60, F41

Suggested Citation

Furceri, Davide and Loungani, Prakash and Simon, John A. and Wachter, Susan M., Global Food Prices and Domestic Inflation: Some Cross-Country Evidence (June 2015). IMF Working Paper No. 15/133, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2633918

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