摘要：Many consumers remember
the wild food-price fluctuations
in 1973 and 1974,
when prices climbed almost 15 percent
each year. Several factors led to
the sharp increases¡ªhigh energy
prices, a high general inflation rate,
and reduced supplies of domestically
produced corn and wheat.
When tight grain supplies and
record-high wheat prices occurred in
1996, some analysts automatically
forecasted significantly larger
increases in overall food prices.
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