The effects of economic news on commodity prices

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 377-385

  Roache, Shaun K ^a   Rossi, Marco ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Commodities; Financial forecasting; Futures pricing; Macroeconomic announcements

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953911580     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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