We are coming out of long bull run for commodities despite a recession in 2008-09, or maybe, in part, because of that recession.We are coming out of long bull run for commodities despite a recession in 2008-09, or maybe, in part, because of that recession. Since 2008 we've seen the Targeted Asset Recovery Program, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, a number of tax stimulus bills and unemployment extenders, monetary policy that has consisted of five straight years of a federal funds rate of near zero percent, Quantitative Easing (parts one and two) and Operation Twist. All of that easy money and stimulus contributed to commodity price inflation (directly and indirectly through U.S. dollar depreciation) as did other fundamental facto...
What You Need to Know Today: Commodities were mostly lower across the board today after yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting hinted at a potential interest rate hike later in 2026. The dollar index reached its highest level in over a year, and a strong dollar makes U.S. agricultural expor...
Tomorrow is the Juneteenth federal holiday, and the USDA, along with the rest of the federal government and the CME, will be closed, so the monthly Cattle on Feed report was released a day early. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity on 1 June amounted...
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