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Commodity Markets Outlook, April 2023: Lower Prices, Little Relief

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank Group
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-05T14:01:00Z
dc.date.available2023-04-05T14:01:00Z
dc.date.issued2023-04-27
dc.description.abstractGlobal commodity prices fell 14 percent in the first quarter of 2023, and by the end of March, they were roughly 30 percent below their June 2022 peak. The unwinding of prices reflects a combination of slowing economic activity, favorable winter weather, and a global reallocation of commodity trade flows. Commodity prices are expected to fall by 21 percent this year and remain mostly stable in 2024, although the outlook is subject to multiple risks in a highly uncertain environment. These risks include intensification of geopolitical tensions, the strength of demand from China following its post-COVID reopening, likely energy supply disruptions, and weather conditions, including the emerging El Niño. A Special Focus section evaluates the performance of several approaches used to forecast prices of seven industrial commodities. It finds that futures prices, which are widely used for price forecasts, often lead to large forecast errors. Time-series models based on multiple independent variables tend to outperform other model-based approaches as well as futures prices. Machine-learning techniques yield better forecasts than some of the traditional approaches. The analysis suggests that augmenting model-based forecasting approaches—by incorporating the dynamics of commodity prices over time and controlling for other economic factors—enhances forecast accuracy.
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/39633
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/39633
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/39633
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectCOMMODITY PRICES
dc.subjectENERGY PRICES
dc.subjectINDUSTRIAL COMMODITIES
dc.subjectOIL AND GAS
dc.subjectOPEC
dc.subjectOPEC+
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE PRICES
dc.subjectMETAL PRICES
dc.titleCommodity Markets Outlook, April 2023: Lower Prices, Little Reliefen
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okr.crossref.titleCommodity Markets Outlook, April 2023: Lower Prices, Little Relief
okr.date.disclosure2023-04-27
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-07T09:00:09.676108Z
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-08T16:31:01.252294Z
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-09T03:09:30.123323Z
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-15T11:02:37.065103Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Publication
okr.guid099617212132336233
okr.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1596/39633
okr.language.supporteden
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Inflation
okr.topicEnergy::Energy Markets
okr.topicEnergy::Oil & Gas
okr.topicAgriculture::Commodity Risk Management
okr.unitEFI - Prospects Group (EPGDR)
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