Commodity prices are set by the balance of supply and demand dynamics. Market fluctuations in commodities influence both short-term prices and long-term productions. Price surges trigger increased ...

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Spot price refers to the immediate settlement price of indexes, commodities, or currencies. Strip price is the average of future prices for sequential delivery, actively traded in markets. Volatility ...

Download PDF More Formats on IMF eLibrary Order a Print Copy Create Citation This paper establishes supply and demand elasticities for a broad set of commodities based on a consistent dataset and ...

Without price volatility, there is no market -- i.e., prices are static. Volatility is a key characteristic of asset markets (stocks, bonds, commodities, etc), and even more so of derivatives markets ...