Rise of Commodities
The commodities market are all set to take the center stage with government pumping stimulus packages across the globe it seems demand for it may rise because of the multiplier’s effect. This is an article about how commodities are going to perform and below mentioned are some views of the experts
Commodities from oil to copper are poised to climb as government spending worldwide spurs a recovery in demand and companies curtail investment in mines and rigs, said Deutsche Bank AG’s Simon Grenfell.
“We’re building up to have a really strong price move” over the next two years, Grenfell, head of Asian commodities for Germany’s biggest lender, said in an interview yesterday in Singapore. The risk of a “super-spike” has increased, he said, expressing his own opinion.
Commodities jumped 15 percent this year after slumping 36 percent in 2008, their biggest decline in half a century based on the Reuters/Jefferies CRB Index, because of the global recession. This year, gasoline and copper doubled on signs the worst is past for the economy and as China increased inventories of crude oil and industrial metals.
The world economy will grow 2.5 percent in 2010, more than the 1.9 percent forecast in April, after shrinking 1.4 percent this year, according to the International Monetary Fund. China expanded 7.9 percent in the second quarter, the first time growth had accelerated in more than two years.
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