A Monetary Explanation of the Commodities Rout

Mar 30, 2016

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Commodity prices have fallen dramatically over the past two years. Figure 1 shows the IMF’s commodity price indices for fuels, metals and agricultual raw materials.

Figure 1: IMF Commodity Price Indices for Fuels, Metals, and Agricultural Raw Materials.

A popular explanation for the commodities rout is the slowdown in China, and more generally, the slowd…

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