The prospects for supply have been the key driver of most commodity prices in the last few months. The main exception is precious metals, where sentiment has been undermined – perhaps excessively so – by expectations that the Fed will soon start to taper its asset purchases. Other notable developments in November included a sharp widening in the spreads between Brent and the main US crude oil benchmarks, both WTI and LLS.
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