Journal Article

Demand Shocks Fuel Commodity Price Booms and Busts


Abstract: Demand shocks due to rapid industrialization have driven commodity price booms throughout history. As periods of industrialization lose steam and supply catches up, busts follow after about 10 years. A new dataset of price and production levels of 12 commodities provides evidence of this behavior from 1870 to 2013.

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Part of Series: Economic Letter

Publication Date: 2017-12

Volume: 12

Issue: 14

Pages: 1-4