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  2. Pulp and paper industry in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The United States is one of the biggest paper consumers in the world. Between 1990 and 2002, paper consumption in the United States increased from 84.9 million tons to 97.3 million tons. In 2006, there were approximately 450 paper mills in the United States, accounting for $68 billion. [1]

  3. And more increases appear to be coming down the pike for the pulped-paper-packed protein: Wholesale prices for chicken eggs soared by nearly 55% last month, and wholesale food prices rose by 3.1% ...

  4. Supply and demand - Wikipedia

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    This increase in supply causes the equilibrium price to decrease from P 1 to P 2. The equilibrium quantity increases from Q 1 to Q 2 as consumers move along the demand curve to the new lower price. As a result of a supply curve shift, the price and the quantity move in opposite directions. If the quantity supplied decreases, the opposite happens.

  5. Food prices - Wikipedia

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    Energy is used in the raw materials for fertilizers to powering the facilities needed to process the food. Increases in the price of energy leads to an increase in the price of food. [17] [18] Oil prices also affect the price of food. [19] Food distribution is also affected by increases in oil prices, [20] leading to increases in the price of food.

  6. 2007–2008 world food price crisis - Wikipedia

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    The "month-by-month" five-year analysis disputes that increases in global grain consumption and droughts were responsible for price increases, reporting that this had had only a marginal effect and instead argues that the EU and US drive for biofuels has had by far the biggest effect on food supply and prices. The paper concludes that increased ...

  7. People are panic-buying toilet paper because of the port ...

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    The overwhelming majority — more than 90% by some estimates — of US toilet paper consumption comes from domestic factories. Most of the rest comes from Canada and Mexico, which means it most ...

  8. US consumer price increases accelerated last month with ...

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    Consumer price increases accelerated last month, the latest sign that inflation's steady decline over the past two years has stalled in recent months. According to the Federal Reserve's preferred ...

  9. Inflation - Wikipedia

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    Nevertheless, people overestimate the inflation even vs. the measured inflation. This is because they focus more on commonly-bought items than on durable goods, and more on price increases than on price decreases. [68] On the other hand, different people have different shopping baskets and hence face different inflation rates. [68]