# How Wall Street Brought Down Georgia's Suspicious Chicken Price Index : The Salt : NPR

> A feature recounts how investors who shorted chicken stocks in 2016 suspected the Georgia Dock chicken price index was inflated by processors. The index had run 30 to 50 percent above other regions in 2015.

- Date: 2018-05-17 · published 2018-05-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65160-how-wall-street-brought-down-georgia-s-suspicious-chicken-price-index-the-salt
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

The story concerns the reliability of a price benchmark and past price-fixing allegations rather than new supply or demand, so its direct price impact is limited.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: neutral

## Sources

- npr.org: https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/05/17/611869606/a-story-about-wall-street-hedge-funds-and-the-chicken-business

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