Commodity future contracts are the contracts that trade commodities.

—商品期货合约是交易商品的合约。

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This would raise future expected commodity prices, and (because of inter-temporal arbitrage) current commodity prices.

这将提高未来预期的商品价格，且(因为跨期套利交易)将提高当前的商品价格。

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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.

澳大利亚和繁荣的中国有着密切的商品出口关系，这意味着澳储银行不可能在近期内改变政策立场。

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For investors, this means that buying a commodity for future price appreciation generally provides a surer road to riches than buying a mining stock.

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