Currency Strengths and the Demand for Raw Materials
Filed in archive Commodities by Greg Cruey on February 23, 2008
I saw an interesting piece recently on factors that affect the dollar. The article, 13 Unconventional Factors that Affect the Dollar, included a few factors I hadn't considered before. One of them was Chinese demand for raw materials.
Adam Kritzer wrote the article a few days ago. He suggested that "China's unending economic boom is one of the prime factors behind the global rise in commodity prices." "Okay; so what," I thought. He says it's simple: "those countries with large reserves of natural resources have seen their economies boom and their currencies rise." (Emphasis added.)

I don't know if it's that simple. But, according to Kritzer, it's at least a factor...
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