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 ...

Commodity price risk is price uncertainty that adversely impact those who use and produce commodities. Learn how companies mitigate their exposure to price volatility.

This paper establishes supply and demand elasticities for a broad set of commodities based on a consistent dataset and identification methodology. We apply granular IV methods to a new cross-country ...

Spot and strip prices are in common use in energy markets. Find out what they are, and how to calculate their volatility.

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 ...

Commodities such as metals, oil, natural gas, and agricultural products have gone through unprecedented price swings over the past five years. These fluctuations have caused large movements in overall ...

How does a commodity market adjust to a temporary scarcity shock which causes a shift in the slope of the futures price curve? We find long-run relationships between spot and futures prices, ...