Right now that list includes most of the Middle East (with Saudi Arabia topping the list), gasoline prices and how the consumer will react, the tightening campaign in places like China, commodity inflation, Ireland, housing in the U.S., banking almost anywhere in the world, the state of the economic rebound, etc.
This surprise move by China is a bullish factor for most raw commodity markets, as China is a major raw commodity consumer.
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"A further slowdown in China would affect commodity exporters in the region particularly strongly, since, with the exception of Timor-Leste, China is their major trade-partner in commodities, " the World Bank said in its latest report on the region.
There has been a string of weaker data coming out of commodity-consuming juggernaut China, and that has the commodity market bulls a bit worried.
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Australia's deep economic linkages to booming China via its commodity exports mean that the RBA is unlikely to reverse its policy stance in the near future.
Asian stock markets fell on the China news, while raw commodity markets, including gold and silver, were also seeing some selling pressure on the weak China data.
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Asian stock markets fell on the China news, while raw commodity markets, including gold and silver, also saw some selling pressure due to the weak China data.
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Persistent relative strength in emerging economies, especially China, suggests that commodity prices will stay stable or firm.
The economy of China, a key commodity consumer, is also slowing but nevertheless remains robust compared to the rest of the world, with the government last week reporting 7.6% growth in the second quarter.
Many sharks perish as bycatch, but increasingly they are being hunted for their fins, a delicacy in China and a lucrative commodity. (The annual export of fins is thought to be worth about a billion dollars.) One study, published in Ecology Letters last year, estimates that between twenty-six million and seventy-three million sharks are killed for their fins every year.
And while that holds a host of problems for things like commodity demand, China is still building.
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In turn, if prices stay strong, so will China's exports to commodity-producing countries.
However, this news will likely be pushed to the back burner quickly because China remains an major raw commodity consumer and an economic juggernaut.
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His first venture was selling medical equipment, before switching to trading precious metals, as well as wine, when demand for that commodity boomed in China.
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Investing in product development around the world, including China, Ford faced higher commodity and structural costs, while it saw sales increase and it paid off its debt.
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The commodity story of China being the demand force for oil, minerals like iron ore and agricultural commodities is still in play, but savvy fund managers are turning inward along with the Chinese government.
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The weak dollar means higher commodity prices, and China is the leading importer of raw materials.
There was some better economic data coming out of China over the weekend that gave commodity market bulls some fresh, positive fodder.
The move by the commodity-consuming juggernaut China was not a big surprise, as its monetary officials are working to control inflation by curtailing domestic consumption.
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In addition, China has benefited from declining global commodity prices.
If commodity prices decline, then China and India will be faced with less imported inflation.
Some better economic growth data coming out of China overnight did work to support the commodity market sector.
Lower oil and commodity prices ought to benefit China and India, by lowering import bills and assuaging worries about inflation.
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He said aluminum demand has hit new highs and an internal deficit in the key commodity-consuming nation of China is widening.
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China has two types of inflation, commodity inflation and real estate inflation.
But if Brazil wants to move beyond being simply a commodity provider, or if China's growth slows and it demands fewer Brazilian resources, then what?
In Australia the slowdown in housing did make a big dent in construction and consumer spending but this was masked by the commodity boom and exports to China.
On Wall Street, China is the driving force behind the commodity bull market, and a great fundamental story for long term capital appreciation while US and European markets stagnate.
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Fueled by high commodity prices and surging demand from China, Latin America's economies are enjoying a renaissance.
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