Can Households Cope With Rising Food Prices?

Carmelo Ferlito, CEO, The Center for Market Education (CME)

25-Nov-21 08:30

Can Households Cope With Rising Food Prices?

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Food prices are rising in Malaysia, raising concerns that households, already struggling with the pandemic, cannot cope.

Carmelo Ferlito, CEO of the Center for Market Education (CME), discusses causes and solutions.

Image credit: Shutterstock.com

Produced by: Sim Wie Boon

Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar, Philip See, Khoo Hsu Chuang

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Categories: Business Analysis, Trends and Forecasts, Markets, Personal Finance, Investments, Financial Literacy, Young Finance, Politics, Social Issues, Food, law & legal matters

Tags: inflation, food, vegetable, fruit, price, purchase, budget,

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