A 1997 freeze caused more than $300 million in damage to Florida crops. Prices of some vegetables rose by 25% just one week after the freeze. Squash, for example, which had cost $1.16/pound on January 17, cost $1.40/pound on January 24. Market: Vegetables b. In 2001, when Taliban were ousted from Afghanistan, a law required women to completely cover their bodies in public with a wrap-around garment called a burkha was eliminated. Many women stopped wearing burkhas and sellers found they had more burkhas than they could sell. Within days, the price of burkhas fell 20%. c. Due to the entry of new coffee-growers (such as Vietnam) in the market, improved growing techniques, and favorable growing weather, the price of raw coffee beans fell from about $2.00 a pound in 1997 to less than $0.05 a pound in 2002. Some growers have proposed a marketing campaign to boost demand to match the increasing supply. Q1 I D₁ QO S Do Q100 S₁ D₁ So T QO $₁ t So Do Q1 D₁
A 1997 freeze caused more than $300 million in damage to Florida crops. Prices of some vegetables rose by 25% just one week after the freeze. Squash, for example, which had cost $1.16/pound on January 17, cost $1.40/pound on January 24. Market: Vegetables b. In 2001, when Taliban were ousted from Afghanistan, a law required women to completely cover their bodies in public with a wrap-around garment called a burkha was eliminated. Many women stopped wearing burkhas and sellers found they had more burkhas than they could sell. Within days, the price of burkhas fell 20%. c. Due to the entry of new coffee-growers (such as Vietnam) in the market, improved growing techniques, and favorable growing weather, the price of raw coffee beans fell from about $2.00 a pound in 1997 to less than $0.05 a pound in 2002. Some growers have proposed a marketing campaign to boost demand to match the increasing supply. Q1 I D₁ QO S Do Q100 S₁ D₁ So T QO $₁ t So Do Q1 D₁
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