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Weekly Roundup: World Food Day, Housing Rentals, and Thoughts on the Fiscal Cliff

Oct 19, 2012 || OpenMarkets || No Comments

Food and food security are issues where futures markets play an important role. In recognition of World Food Day this week, we featured a guest post from Roger Thurow, author of The Last Hunger Season,  about the daily struggle for food many face in Africa.  In the coming weeks, we’ll have more stories on the roles different parties play in the food supply chain. In the meantime, our infographic on the factors driving food prices reminds us of the supply and demand fundamentals at work.

Some other stories we were reading this week:

How QE has affected the rental market in housing. (FT Alphaville)

Executives weigh in on the fiscal cliff. (Quartz)

Nouriel Roubini says a risk-off market will return if economic news worsens (Project Syndicate)

Today is the 25^th Anniversary of Black Monday. A look at how people were looking at the markets that morning. (Crossing Wall Street)

Some EU nations are considering charging Google to index the news. (Quartz)

CME Group is buying the Kansas City Board of Trade. (Wall Street Journal)

Ahead of election day, Karl Rove and James Carville are debating political opponents and warming up crowds. They’ll debate each other post-election at our Global Financial Leadership Conference.

Newsweek is going all digital (The Huffington Post)