Understanding international commodity price fluctuations

Rabah Arezki; Prakash Loungani; Rick van der Ploeg; Anthony J. Venables

doi:10.1016/j.jimonfin.2013.08.002

Understanding international commodity price fluctuations

Rabah Arezki^*, Prakash Loungani, Rick van der Ploeg, Anthony J. Venables

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

An overview is provided of recent work on commodity prices, focusing on three themes: (i) "financialization" of commodity markets--commodities being considered by financial investors as a distinct asset class, (ii) trends and forecasts of commodity prices, and (iii) fracking-a shorthand for the emergence of new sources of energy supply. Lessons are drawn on the role of fundamentals and expectations in driving the rapidly changing nature of commodity markets.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-8
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of International Money and Finance
Volume	42
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jimonfin.2013.08.002
Publication status	Published - Apr 2014

Keywords

Commodity price
Expectations
Financialization
Forecasting
Fracking
Fundamentals

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