Overview
Food Inflation tracks the YoY price change specifically in the food component of the consumer basket, separate from overall inflation. Food inflation can diverge significantly from general inflation during supply shocks or harvest failures.
Interpretation
Food inflation consistently above 10% is a warning sign of deteriorating food affordability. Combined with rising food prices and currency depreciation, it signals a serious food access crisis even for wage-earning households.
Data Collection
python manage.py collect_economy