date:Mar 11, 2013
k supplies this year because some pig breeders dropped out of the business after losing money last summer.
Rising food prices represent a sensitive area for China's Communist Party leadership given that social tension has often accompanied past price hikes.
They can fuel inflation expectations that lead to a broader rise in inflation and the risk that the central bank will tweak monetary policy to keep a lid on the price pressures.
But policymakers should resist the temptation for pre-emptive