After sharp falls in the middle of the month, most commodity prices ended August broadly flat. However, we doubt it will be long before the downward pressure on prices intensifies again. After all, economic growth in most major economies now looks to be normalising following its surge from pandemic-induced lows, while growth in key commodity consumer China is entering into an outright decline. As a result, we continue to expect most commodity prices to fall in the remainder of this year.
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