commodities
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"Food prices, cooking gas and electricity bills have all gone up -- the government must either bring down the prices of essential commodities or raise our wages," said Mamum, 28, a factory worker.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
Ship-tracking data suggest Beijing’s October imports rose further from September, a reminder of “how China’s buying behavior can move the needle in the global oil market,” said Kieran Tompkins, a commodities economist at Capital Economics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Those commodities have seen some dramatic price changes even before the effects of El Niño have really taken shape.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
“Overall, a strong quarter for BHP’s bulk commodities while consensus appears to have underestimated the pace of the copper grade decline at Escondida and Pampa Norte in Chile,” analyst James Redfern says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Along with the crops, they were useful commodities in the marketplaces of each city in the trade networks initially established by the Toltecs.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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