Fernando Leibovici
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Fernando Leibovici
@leibovicif.bsky.social
Economist @ St. Louis Fed
This Valentine's day meets us with cocoa prices at an all-time high

While proper demand-supply decomposition would help assess the drivers, culprit doesn't seem high demand for heart-shaped chocolate boxes

Instead, negative supply shocks like adverse weather or crop disease
February 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM