The tools presented in this section provide a visual representation of historical periods of excessive global price volatility from 2000-present, as well as a daily volatility status. This status can alert policymakers when world markets are experiencing a period of excessive food price volatility; this information can then be used to determine appropriate country-level food security responses, such as the release of physical food stocks.
A time period of excessive price volatility: A period of time characterized by extreme price variation (volatility) is a period of time in which we observe a large number of extreme positive returns. An extreme positive return is defined to be a return that exceeds a certain preestablished threshold. This threshold is normally taken to be a high order (95 or 99%) conditional quantile, (i.e. a value of return that is exceeded with low probability: 5 or 1%). In this model we are using the 95% quantile.
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Hard Wheat Excessive Food Price Variability Early Warning System
Maize Excessive Food Price Variability Early Warning System
Soft Wheat Excessive Food Price Variability Early Warning System
Soybean Excessive Food Price Variability Early Warning System
Rice Excessive Food Price Variability Early Warning System