commodities

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Jeff Currie, economist and senior advisor at Carlyle Group, has a distinguished CV as former chief commodities strategist at Goldman Sachs.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

Rig count in the U.S. has held steady since the start of the Iran war, while weekly crude production has actually fallen, notes David Oxley, chief climate and commodities economist at Capital Economics.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

While the overland route is inefficient, with many trucks returning empty from port, soaring prices of the underlying commodities offsets the extra shipping costs, Wilt said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

In commodities, the team favors base industrial metals like aluminum, nickel, lead, and zinc, as artificial-intelligence and military buildouts increase demand while reinvestment rates by miners remain low, constricting supply.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Seeking out common ancestors for similar types of instruments is in many cases complicated by the abundant exchange of commodities via trading routes that ran between Europe, North Africa and Asia.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall