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Global Food Price Index Hits Nearly Four-Year High on Sugar Surge
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization cut its 2026 global cereal output forecast to 2.98 billion tonnes as all five tracked commodity groups posted August gains.
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The UN Food and Agriculture Organization cut its 2026 global cereal output forecast to 2.98 billion tonnes as all five tracked commodity groups posted August gains.

Electricity and gas tariffs jumped 8.7 per cent in July, reversing a prior contraction and lifting Singapore headline inflation to 2.2 per cent.

Higher poultry, cooking oil and gold jewelry prices pushed annual inflation up from 2.28% in July, though consumer price gains stayed within Bank Indonesia’s target band.
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