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[News] SEA on decreased rations, expect increasingly deranged rrats as 2021 goes on.
> Emerging markets are feeling the pain of a blistering surge in raw material costs, as
> commodities from oil to copper and grains are driven higher by expectations for a
> “roaring 20s” post-pandemic economic recovery as well as ultra-loose monetary policies.
> In Indonesia, tofu is 30% more expensive than it was in December.
> “I got smaller piece of tempeh and tofu now, with the same price as last week,”
> said Rahayu, who goes by one name as many in Indonesia do, a 64-year-old grandmother
> in West Java province, noting that in recent weeks, the price of chili had more than
> doubled to 70,000 rupiah ($4.97) per kilogram. “I’m going to need to use less.”
