Macroeconomics of Coffee and Sugar prices
Brazil is the largest producer of coffee worldwide DeWitt (2002). Arabica and Robusta are the two main kinds of coffee that are grown in Brazil. Marcy Nicholson article reveals fundamental aspects about the fate of sugar and coffee production and pricing in Brazil in the recent past. Nicholson is concerned about the languishing sugar and coffee prices. Marcy suggests that the drop in sugar prices is directly related to various critical macroeconomic and political factors. The rise in the American dollar value has reduced the general global demand of both coffee and sugar while encouraging the weakening of the Continue reading...