The empirical evidence suggests that a U.S. monetary contraction leads to an immediate rise in the broad commodity price index, which possibly reflects an aggregation bias, greater expected inflation and speculation, high production costs or some overshooting due to overreactions.
The company's chief executive, Ivan Glasenberg, attributed the stock slump to a weakness in broad commodities prices.
BETWEEN 2000 and 2011 broad indices of commodity prices tripled, easily outpacing global growth.
Between 2000 and 2011 broad indices of commodity prices tripled, easily outpacing global growth and stoking Malthusian hysteria.
Broad indices of commodity prices used by investors, which unlike The Economist's index (see article) include prices for energy and precious metals, reached record levels in the autumn.To some extent, the rise in commodity prices during the past three years can be attributed to the raging appetite of the Chinese economy.
Higher livestock prices can, in turn, be explained by higher grain costs.In this section Love the one you're with Paint it black Curing SIV A stitch in time Too hot to handle Baltic blues Material world Intelligent design ReprintsBut the broad strength of commodity prices may also reflect the appeal of the sector as an "alternative asset", along with hedge funds and private equity.
Large industrial companies that produce basic commodities came under pressure after the CRB Index, a broad measure of commodity prices, fell by almost 1.5% in intraday trading.
Or how about using the CRB Index, a broad measure of commodity prices?
Figure 1 depicts the three broad groups of commodity prices as following an overall common cyclical path since 2002.
The rubber boom is part of a broader surge in global commodity prices that is doing wonders for fertile developing nations like Thailand.
