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A Barrel of Oil or a Bottle of Wine: How Do Global Growth Dynamics Affect Commodity Prices?

By Tahsin Saadi Sedik, Serhan Cevik

January 1, 2011

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Tahsin Saadi Sedik, and Serhan Cevik. A Barrel of Oil or a Bottle of Wine: How Do Global Growth Dynamics Affect Commodity Prices?, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2011) accessed November 8, 2024
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Summary

This paper investigates the causes of extreme fluctuations in commodity prices from 1990 to 2010. Analyzing two very distinct commodities-crude oil and fine wine, we find that macroeconomic factors are the main determinants of commodity prices. Although supply constraints have the expected effect, aggregate demand growth is the key factor. The empirical results show that while advanced economies account for more than half of global consumption, emerging economies make up the bulk of the incremental change in demand, thereby having a greater weight in commodity price formation. The results also show that the shift in the composition of aggregate commodity demand is a recent phenomenon.

Subject: Asset and liability management, Commodities, Commodity prices, Emerging and frontier financial markets, Excess liquidity, Financial markets, Oil, Oil prices, Prices

Keywords: Commodity, Commodity price, Commodity prices, Comovement, Crude oil, Demand, Emerging and frontier financial markets, Emerging economies, Emerging market economy, Excess liquidity, Global, Global growth, Oil, Oil price regression, Oil prices, Price, Price fluctuation, Price pressure, Wine, Wine price, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    19

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2011/001

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA2011001

  • ISBN:

    9781455211791

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

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