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Why are investors betting on potatoes? | DW News
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Financial market speculation and global instability, rather than supply shortages, have caused a dramatic 700% spike in European potato futures.
Despite an abundance of potato stock, prices on the European futures market surged over 700% in a few weeks. This volatility is driven by financial speculators hedging against risks related to the ongoing Middle East crisis, which threatens energy and shipping channels, rather than an actual scarcity of the crop.
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