Hard Economic Realities of Soft Commodities Price Increase
The Bath Chronicle › July 11, 2007
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Summary
There has been much publicity in recent months about the rise in price of "hard" commodities, such as metals and mining stocks.
Less attention has been paid to "soft" commodities, such as wheat, sugar and other foodstuffs that are also traded in bulk on world markets. Yet these prices have also risen sharply, and there are sound structural reasons why this is likely to continue in future.See the full content of this document
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Hard Economic Realities of Soft Commodities Price Increase
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