China’s spiraling pork prices and global markets


THE forces that prompted China to tap its strategic pork reserve may explain more than just the price of pig in Beijing.

They might also, when it comes to it, help to explain much else that’s happened in financial markets in recent months, from a rebound in the price of oil to a recovery in riskier assets.

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