Sentence examples for soft commodities from inspiring English sources

Some "soft" commodities, such as coffee and rice, have also seen gains.

Have the global soft commodities markets factored in the potential effect of a successful campaign?

Surviving Inflation Fickle weather, decreasing farmland and more mouths to feed are pushing up prices of wheat and other important ingredients and soft commodities.

But a report from Macquarie, the Australian bank, shows the sell-off has also spread to "soft" commodities such as cotton and corn.

But in the last 40 years, the post-war "food paradigm" has resulted in a 60% price decline across a basket of soft commodities, according to the FAO – current hikes notwithstanding.

It trades metals such as copper and iron ore, as well as "soft commodities" sugar, wheat and barley, and also buys and sells about 3% of the world's oil.

Current vacancy: Soft commodity volatility trader, Dubai.

Soft commodity prices subsided as the El Niño weather system faded; the food index is now a third below its peak in May 1997.

In an era of soft commodity prices, they say, it is unwise for Canadians to rely on nature's bounty; they must seek their future in "knowledge-based" industries that serve the rest of the world.They have a point.

The report said: "Several major forces are driving the global outlook: soft commodity prices, persistently low interest rates but increasingly divergent monetary policies across major economies, and weak world trade.

This fund is the sole soft commodity play in the ETF field.