The graph below shows changes in global food and oil prices between 2000 and 2011. Summarise it.

The line graph compares the average

price

of a

barrel

of

oil

with the

food

price

index

over a period of 11 years.

It is clear that

average global

prices

of

both

oil

and

food

rose considerably between 2000 and 2011.

Furthermore

, the trends for

both

commodities were very similar, and so a strong correlation (93.6%) is indicated. In the year 2000, the average global

oil

price

was close to 25

dollars

per

barrel

, and the

food

price

index

stood at just under 90

points

. Over the following four

years

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years,

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both

prices

remained relatively stable, before rising steadily (sürekli) between 2004 and 2007. By 2007, the average

oil

price

had almost doubled, to nearly 60

dollars

per

barrel

and

food

prices

had risen by around 50

points

. A dramatic increase in

both

commodity

prices

was seen from 2007 to 2008, with

oil

prices

reaching a peak of approximately 130

dollars

per

barrel

and the

food

price

index

rising to 220

points

.

However

, by the beginning of

2009

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2009,

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the

price

of

oil

had dropped by roughly 90

dollars

, and the

food

price

index

was down by about 80

points

.

Finally

, in 2011, the average

oil

price

rose once again, to nearly 100

dollars

per

barrel

,

while

the

food

price

index

reached its peak, at almost 240

points

.