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Price formation and price trends in exhaustible resource markets: Evidence and explanations. By Marian Radetzki Professor of Economics Luleå University of Technology. MarianCUTS 22 Sept 2011. Themes covered by paper (Themes also covered by talk).
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Price formation and price trends in exhaustible resource markets: Evidence and explanations By Marian Radetzki Professor of Economics Luleå University of Technology MarianCUTS 22 Sept 2011
Themes covered by paper(Themes also covered by talk) The long run price equilibrium: Why is it falling? The anatomy of resource booms ”Speculation” and resource prices: What do we know about the relationship? Monopolistic management of exhaustible resource markets National dependence on exhaustible resource production and trade: The Dutch Disease and the Resource Curse
Long run price determination Short run price determination P P S D2 D1 P3 S P2 P1 P2 D3 P1 D2 D1 Q1 Q3 Q1 Q2 Q2 Q Q
”Developing Asia” dominates the growth of commodity demand Developing AsiaOECD Share of global BNP 24% 52% Assumed marginal raw materials intensity 2 1 With the same economicgrowth rates, both regions willcontributeequally to commodiydemand expansion. Buteconomicgrowth in DevAsia 2001-2010 was 5.3 times the growth rate in OECD. Conclusion: DevAsia’scontribution to global commoditydemand expansion wasfivetimes as high as that of the OECD. During the acutephase of the financialcrisis, 2008-2010, the OECD economiesexpanded by -0.1%/year; those in DevAsia by 8.1%/year. The crisis and stagnation in the OECD region has had an imperceptibleimpact on commoditydemand. That explainspricerecovery as aoon as it becameclear that DevAsiawouldremainunaffected by the crisis.
Commodity prices, monthly $ index, 2003=100 Markets with futures Markets without futures Source: IMF.