ONE of the nation's largest producers of Wagyu - infused beef is undergoing a radical restructure, driven by
elevated commodity prices, changing market forces, and a belief some Wagyu beef production systems in Australia are unsustainable.
Getting excited about Materials stocks is not easy given the weak outlook for global economic growth and
elevated commodity prices.
Coinciding with this period of
elevated commodity prices, the share of the manufacturing sector in Canadian GDP has declined since the turn of the century from 18 per cent to around 11 per cent.
In a world of
elevated commodity prices, it is better to have them.
Not exact matches
Elevated geopolitical tension between Saudi Arabia and Iran could soon threaten the unity of an OPEC - led pact to keep oil
prices in check, according to one
commodity strategist.
so now the issue is whether the bond market (or macro hedge funds) eased too much thinking the Fed would choke off liquidity and now is staring at still a weaker dollar and high
commodity prices indicating an
elevated level of excess liquidity.
If there is good news for Canada in all this, it's that
commodity prices have remained
elevated, which helps the country's terms of trade.
If anything should be clear from the bubbles of recent years, the greatest risks are not when
prices are depressed, the economy is weak, and investors are frightened, but rather when
prices are
elevated and an unendingly positive outlook for technology, or housing, or global growth, or private equity, or emerging markets, or
commodities seems all but certain.
Commodity prices have remained at historically
elevated levels, although persistent transportation bottlenecks are leading to continued discounts for Canadian heavy crude oil.
However, in light of the earlier continued increases in the
prices of energy and some other
commodities, and the
elevated state of some indicators of inflation expectations have been
elevated.