Shelley Goldberg, Columnist

Commodities' Modest 2018 Growth Will Be Offset by Risk

Here are the major macroeconomic forces influencing global prices.

January 4, 2018 at 6:05 PM UTC

Shelley Goldberg is an investment adviser and environmental sustainability consultant. She has worked as a commodities strategist for Brevan Howard Asset Management and Roubini Global Economics.

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The Bloomberg Spot Commodities Index has risen for 14 straight days to its highest since 2014. But don't expect the euphoria to last: 2018 will be a year of just modest growth.

Although each commodity has its own idiosyncratic characteristics and market, there are major macroeconomic factors influencing global prices.