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Money Talks from The Economist

Money talks: Not so hot commodities

Money Talks from The Economist

The Economist

Finance & Economics, Business News, Economy, News, Business

4.41.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2015

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Commodities take a further dive which has impacted inflation globally and America finally eases its ban on crude oil exports

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The Economist.

0:33.6

From The Economist in London, this is Money Talks, a weekly conversation around themes in the

0:43.5

worlds of business, finance and economics. I'm Stan Pignell, the banking

0:46.9

editor, and in today's episode we'll talk about the tumbling commodities market,

0:50.6

its impact on global inflation, and the US finally easing its ban on crude oil

0:55.9

exports. With us to discuss all this are Henry Tricks, our new energy

1:00.2

editor and Ryan Avent are a news editor.

1:02.7

Henry, let's start with you.

1:04.2

The price of commodities has tumbled.

1:06.5

Everything from oil to steel, precious metals,

1:09.0

but also various agricultural products is down,

1:11.6

sometimes precipitously.

1:13.2

What's going on here?

1:14.0

Why are commodities down and what's the impact?

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