Jeff Currie on the 'Volatility Trap' Keeping Commodity Prices So High
The Goldman strategist sees high prices for a long time to come
Jeffrey Currie, global head of commodities at Goldman Sachs & Co., listens during a Bloomberg Television interview in New York, U.S.
Photographer: Christopher Goodney/BloombergGoldman's top commodity strategist Jeff Currie was one of the earliest to call that we're in a new commodities supercycle, starting early last year. Well, it's not even close to over. Currie estimates that we're just in the second inning of it. The issue is what Currie characterizes as a "volatility trap" that's keeping investment on the sidelines, despite surging prices of spot commodity prices. In this episode, he explains how far commodity prices can go, what the challenges are to inducing further investment, and what policies could help bring things into balance.