Monetary conditions and metal prices

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 447-452

  Baffes, John ^a   Savescu, Cristina ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

commodity price boom; interest rates; metal prices; monetary conditions

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL BANK; COMMODITY PRICE; INTEREST RATE; METAL; MONETARY POLICY; PRICE DETERMINATION;

EID: 84893169803     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2013.864029     Document Type: Article

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