https://www.economist.com/china/2018/09/08/african-swine-flu-is-causing-alarm-in-china-and-beyond
From the article:
This time the pig fever is stoking fears of inflation. The cost of pork has an inordinate effect on the consumer-price index. With a fifth of the world’s population, China consumes half its pork. The government has set up a strategic pork reserve to keep the price stable. The blue-ear pig-disease episode of 2007 provoked a rise of 87% in pork prices and one of the biggest leaps in inflation for nearly two decades.
Submitted September 08, 2018 at 09:29AM by Lost_in_Adeles_Rolls https://ift.tt/2wUR8Db
