Global Survey: States Price Competition.

<P> For the soaring prices of Chinese consumers are extremely a headache, then the rest of the world's population is also facing the same trouble? .</ P> <P> reporter several major cities in the global survey, they found an interesting phenomenon: the United States, Japan, the developed countries insisted that quantitative easing policy, leading to the proliferation of liquidity, but the prices have remained stable, fluctuating .small. .Issues such as China, India, emerging economies to withstand the rise in price, huge inflation problems. .</ P> <P> New York, Paris: Price stationary </ P> <P> 11 15, reporters were visited several supermarkets in New York, found both from the perspective of the operators or consumers, most agree that the recent .basic commodities prices did not change significantly, even if a change has been largely in the context of the family can afford. .</ P> <P> Chinatown supermarket clerk Mary told this reporter that the recent price changes in supermarkets is not, "of course, does have some of the goods certain extent by the impact of soaring prices in China, such as green beans." .</ P> <P> Mary describes her impression of green beans last year, a few cents in the supermarket, but now has risen to a few pieces of money. .Chinatown supermarkets because most of the purchase of goods from China, so China will drive the prices of some commodities in supermarkets, the corresponding rise in commodity prices. .</ P> <P> in the supermarket, the reporter met Ms. Zhang, who came to shopping. .Ms. Zhang from China Guangdong, has been living in New York more than a decade, he is currently not working, have two children, a family source of income for major accounting firms to work against her husband, family annual income of $ 40,000 (1 .U.S. dollar equals 6.64 yuan) around. .Ms. Zhang said that he felt that little change in prices over the years, did not feel difficult in life than the original. .</ P> <P> reporter saw in the supermarket shopping in Chinatown is not only Chinese, there are local residents of other races. .Indian woman who lives near the Shi Aisha told reporters that she is now basically in the Chinese city of supermarket shopping, because I felt relatively wide variety of goods here, the price is relatively lower than other supermarkets. .Gabriella from Mexico also believes that rich Chinese supermarket goods, especially all kinds of vegetables. .</ P> <P> reporters also visited the 74 Street, Queens, New York supermarket chain stores, the store manager Raj said the work on his period of 5 years in the supermarket feeling of view, price changes are not obvious, and some goods .even in between 2008 and 2009 and some decline, such as whole wheat bread, cheese and so on, up and down price movements in the tens of cents. .</ P> <P> Paris as food prices stable. .Continuous monitoring of the Paris press in recent weeks found that the local prices of staple foods (rice, flour, etc.), dairy products, meat (especially pork, beef), save for a long time vegetables (potatoes, onions, carrots, etc.) relatively stable prices ., price changes, more active, larger only seasonal vegetables. .However, these vegetables also have up there down. .Such as tomatoes than last week rose by 60%, while the cauliflower is down 45%. .</ P> <P> According to the French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Statistics, the French average family on food consumption and total household consumption expenditure increased from 25% in 1960 down to 12% in 2006. .The French average family spending on food outside half for the purchase of dinner food (cheese, fruit, desserts, bread, etc.), half of the normal food consumption. .Therefore, changes in prices of vegetables that did not affect the up and down the French life. .</ P> <P> Tokyo: Vegetable Ramen up down </ P> <P> Recently, prices of vegetables to Japan also appeared to rise. .Such as tomatoes, November 12 the average price of 543 yen per kg (100 yen about 7.96 yuan), up 9 more than 11 yen, and rose 106 yen compared to the beginning, is the cheapest price of 1.7 last year .times. .</ P> <P> analysis, tomato prices for many reasons, now is the harvest of tomatoes planted in September, in late September after the sharp decline in temperature, rainfall and sunlight, tomato fruit is small, there are cracks, coloring .slow, not only extend the harvest period - usually 60 days to harvest, about 65 days now - and production is low, the market supply is clearly insufficient. .</ P> <P> addition to tomato, the cabbage, white radish price increases is also great, Tokyo in early November price for 1 kg of cabbage 162 yen, up more than 49% in late October, up 37% of white radish, cabbage which .price is 3.7 times last year, mainly because the main origin of the Kanto region cabbage climate anomalies, affecting the growth of vegetables. .Other vegetables such as carrots, cauliflower, lettuce, potatoes, small gains. .</ P> <P> vegetable prices increased for the Japanese government did not intervene because the price of vegetables on the sheets are mainly due to climate. .Japan a family of three middle-income families, the monthly food costs in household fires 50,000 to 80,000 yen or so, the monthly income of 400,000 to 500,000 yen between the Japanese people for dinner .money income accounted for 1 / 6 to 1 / 10, so most Japanese vegetable prices are not too concerned about. .</ P> <P> In fact, Japan is not facing the pressure of inflation, but deflation, the Japanese people are not willing to spend money, a lot of food are also trying to cut prices to sell: Japanese fast food restaurant Yoshinoya beef bowl of rice for the past .about 400 yen, 290 yen now launched a beef with rice; a bowl of noodles in the past generally 500 yen, 390 yen is a lot of restaurants launched a bowl of noodles; beer generally must be 500 yen, while the .Some hotels to attract customers, it has introduced 190 yen a glass of beer. .Owner that, although beer does not make or lose money, but the customer more, you can earn from the food on. .</ P> <P> New Delhi, Mumbai: Full inflation </ P> <P> recent years, India's economy maintained a continuous high growth, even in the financial crisis of 2008 to 2009 fiscal year (as of 2009 3 .31) still achieved a 6.7% increase, but double-digit inflation has eroded long lives of ordinary people, but also a test of the ability of the government response to high inflation. .</ P> <P> early last year, Rs 8 per kg of potatoes (1 yuan or about 6 rupees), onions 10 rupees, 40 rupees lettuce, carrots and 25 rupees. .November 15 this year, the reporter to buy these things, the potato has risen to Rs 15 per kg, onions 35 rupees, 150 rupees lettuce, carrots and 60 rupees. .</ P> <P> high proportion of Indian vegetarian food, beans are important food prices have gone up three times the last three years, the price per kg rose from Rs 30 Rs 80 to 90 now. .Abundant during the rainy season this year, cauliflower and green peppers in the past few months have been the highest price of 80 rupees down by half, but the Indians felt generally remains high. .</ P> <P> drought of last year, India's food inflation rate was above 10%, Indian analysts believe that India is the world's worst food inflation in the world. .</ P> <P> India's per capita annual income is $ 1,000, monthly household income of about 2 million rupees. .Since 80% of women in India do not work, mainly by the man out to make money, compared to per capita income is low, the proportion used in foods, or high. .As a result, food prices brought inflation into the present government the biggest hidden dangers. .</ P> <P> 2010 years ago, inflation was mainly due to higher food prices push, and as India's agriculture is mainly "dependent on the weather" on climate change and weather anomalies are more sensitive to the slightest adverse weather, food prices will .change. .</ P> <P> the beginning of this year, so great is that government pressure, manufactured goods and fuel prices impact on inflation is increasing. .As part of the Government out of the stimulatory fiscal policy, international commodity prices, raw material prices led to significant impact on India. .</ P> <P> international iron ore and coking coal this year, prices have forced many Indian steel companies raise prices, lower car manufacturers also had to raise prices, even the Tata Motors Nano car produced by the cheapest price of recent .also increased by 3% to 4%. .Industrial product prices show overall inflation in the Indian situation. .</ P> <P> in order to curb inflation, in addition to the Indian government raised the bank reserve ratio and interest rates, but also tightened the grain futures markets in India, and even once stopped sugar futures. .</ P> <P> the same time, Indian officials believe that food prices was mainly caused by insufficient supply, and therefore to increase the food supply, remove bottlenecks in the supply growth, the Government has to provide credit support to farmers, invest in the promotion of "green revolution" .to improve grain storage and processing of increasing the food supply, virtually eliminating inflation. .</ P> <P> India is developing, "Food Safety Law" to reform the existing public distribution system to protect more than 6,500 million poor families in the food supply. .Congress party president Sonia Gandhi-led Indian National Advisory Committee (NAC) is planning to "Food Safety Law" to the standard monthly subsidy per household increased from 25 kg to 35 kg, and all the families spread throughout the country. .</ P> <P> However, in response to inflation as the Government funds invested limited effect is difficult to be optimistic about the implementation of policies, food safety legislation has not been adopted by Parliament, analysts believe that rising inflation in India could become the norm. .(Xinhua Ji Zhenyu, Ho Gong, Liu Yanan, Mao Xiaoxiao, Li sent from New York, Tokyo, Mumbai, New Delhi, Paris) </ P>.