From onions in India to Pork in China, rising food prices worry economists

Average inflation across emerging markets is still at an all-time low, according to a Bloomberg gauge of consumer price indexes

Food prices are climbing fast in the world’s biggest emerging markets, posing a possible inflation threat after months of dormant pressures.

Asia’s two largest developing economies face a price surge for staple products -- pork in China and onions in India -- that are central to consumers’ diets. In Turkey and Nigeria, supply problems are driving up costs, while United Nations data show global food prices rose at the fastest pace in October in more than two years.

While the spike is painful for poorer consumers, it hasn’t reached a level to convince central banks to pull the brake on