{"id":284479,"date":"2011-02-28T12:39:38","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T12:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/28\/cotton-to-coal-commodities-wild-ride\/"},"modified":"2011-02-28T12:39:38","modified_gmt":"2011-02-28T12:39:38","slug":"cotton-to-coal-commodities-wild-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/28\/cotton-to-coal-commodities-wild-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Cotton to coal: Commodities&#8217; wild ride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"40\">Cotton prices may have stabilized after hitting a 140-year high on February 17th. That may be little consolation to apparel producers, who have been forced to raise prices even as they&#8217;re still coping with the sluggish consumer. Cotton is still up 130% over the last year, which is also hurting emerging markets.<\/p>\n<p>Last week the Apparel Exports Promotions Council of India announced soaring cotton prices are likely to crimp India&#8217;s apparel exports by at least 15% in volume terms this year. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Follow this link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rss.cnn.com\/~r\/rss\/money_topstories\/~3\/wn1rLT223eM\/index.html\" title=\"Cotton to coal: Commodities' wild ride\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cotton to coal: Commodities&#8217; wild ride<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Cotton prices may have stabilized after hitting a 140-year high on February 17th. 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