Commodities Weekly Fall in EU natural gas prices has further to run The recent fall in the EU natural gas benchmark to below €30 per MWh has its roots in a potential peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, but we are sceptical that any agreement would have much direct... 28th November 2025 · 4 mins read
Commodities Weekly War and peace in energy markets While crude oil and natural gas prices have fallen as the US attempts to broker a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine, we think that the impact of a formal end to the war on prices would be... 21st November 2025 · 4 mins read
Commodities Weekly Will the Orinoco (oil) flow? Nicolás Maduro has probably never heard of Enya, but he will nonetheless be hoping that the US naval build-up in the Caribbean simply sails away. Although a US military engagement with Venezuela could... 14th November 2025 · 4 mins read
Commodities Weekly Easing pain for US grains; is OPEC+ changing its tune again? Although China announced the resumption of its purchases of US wheat this week, we doubt that this will be enough to buck the downwards trend in wheat prices. Meanwhile, OPEC+’s decision to pause any... 7th November 2025 · 4 mins read
Commodities Weekly A false dawn for copper? Soybeans deal not a gamechanger The positive mood music surrounding cooling US-China trade tensions has supported a handful of commodity prices, including copper and soybeans. Although copper prices reached an all-time high this... 31st October 2025 · 3 mins read
Commodities Weekly Market scepticism over fresh sanctions on Russian oil While the threat of fresh US sanctions on Russian oil producers drove crude prices up by ~8% this week, market participants appear to be treating the risk with a degree of scepticism. That leaves the... 24th October 2025 · 4 mins read
Commodities Weekly Oil glut is set to come onshore; precious metals still rallying The rapid build-up in oil stocks on water suggests that the full impact of previous OPEC+ output increases is yet to be felt and an oil glut may materialise in the coming months. Given that OPEC+ will... 17th October 2025 · 4 mins read
Commodities Weekly OPEC+ plays it safe; China’s oil stockpiling frenzy continues The ongoing and sizeable build-up of oil stockpiles in China is helping to counteract underlying sluggish oil demand growth, and helps to explain why oil prices have not fallen as far as might have... 10th October 2025 · 4 mins read
Commodities Weekly A pivotal OPEC+ meeting?; soybeans as bargaining chips Speculation has mounted that OPEC+ is considering a super-sized increase to output quotas at this weekend’s meeting, which has weighed heavily on oil prices. Irrespective of whether OPEC+ opts for an... 3rd October 2025 · 4 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Economics Weekly China’s iron ore extortion won’t succeed China’s strong reliance on Australian iron ore means that its recent ban of imports from one of Australia’s mining giants will at best result in minor concessions. The bigger picture though is that... 3rd October 2025 · 4 mins read
Commodities Weekly Supply uncertainties re-emerge as key driver of prices For all the recent focus on soft demand dynamics, developments on the supply side have been the main driver of oil prices this week. Heightened uncertainty is driving pessimism among US oil producers... 26th September 2025 · 4 mins read
Commodities Weekly Fed rate cuts won’t be a major influence on commodity prices From a commodity market perspective, the fact that the US Fed is now cutting rates again would usually, all else equal, be expected to boost prices. However, weak market fundamentals and the extent of... 19th September 2025 · 4 mins read
Commodities Weekly Upside risks a distraction from bearish oil market fundamentals The news flow and price reaction in the oil market this week, with oil prices rising in the first half of the week as a result of geopolitical risks and falling later on following the assessment of... 12th September 2025 · 5 mins read
Commodities Weekly Polish gold appetite; OPEC+ whispering; Power of Siberia 2 The National Bank of Poland’s plans to raise gold’s allocation in its FX reserves to 30% highlights that there is no shortage of gold buyers, which could help lift prices well beyond their latest... 5th September 2025 · 4 mins read
Commodities Weekly Trump tariffs targeting Russian oil yet to shock the oil market The oil market shrugged off the introduction of US "secondary" tariffs on India this week and we expect this to continue to have little impact as long as India continues to purchase Russian oil and... 29th August 2025 · 4 mins read
Commodities Weekly Commodities Weekly: EU gas to shake off the summer lull; Jackson Hole and gold Although news on the likelihood of a Russia-Ukraine peace deal has influenced EU natural gas prices this week, we still think there are more important factors that will eventually drive prices lower... 22nd August 2025 · 4 mins read
