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Commodities Head for Biggest Quarterly Drop Since 2008 on Debt

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By Elizabeth Campbell

September 28, 2011 at 9:43 PM UTC

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Commodities fell, heading for the biggest quarterly slump since 2008, as Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis threatened to derail the global economy, slashing raw-material demand.

The Standard & Poor’s GSCI index of 24 raw materials slid