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Commodity Markets Outlook -- Report Archive

IssueReportsSupporting dataSpecial focus
2025 - OctPDFZip> New Shocks, Old Tools: Revisiting International Commodity Agreements in a Fragmented World
2025 - AprilPDFZip> Post-Pandemic Commodity Cycles: A New Era?
2024 - OctPDFZip> Commodity Price Synchronization: A New Era?
2024 - AprilPDFZip> Forecasting Industrial Commodity Prices: An Assessment
2023 - OctPDFZip> Potential Near-Term Implications of the Conflict in the Middle East for Commodity Markets: A Preliminary Assessment
2023 - AprilPDFZip> Forecasting Industrial Commodity Prices
2022 - OctPDFZip> Pandemic, War, Recession: Drivers of Aluminum and Copper Prices
2022 - AprPDFZip> The Impact of the War in Ukraine on Commodity Markets
2021 - OctPDFZip> Urbanization and Commodity Demand
2021 - AprilPDFZip> Causes and Consequences of Metal Price Shocks
2020 - OctPDFZip> Persistence of Commodity Shocks
2020 - AprilPDFZip> A Shock Like No Other: The Impact of COVID-19 on Commodity Markets
> Set Up to Fail? The Collapse of Commodity Agreements
2019 - OctPDFZip> The role of substitution in commodity demand
> Oil market implications of the strike on Saudi Aramco facilities
2019 - AprilPDFZip> Food price shocks: channels and implications

2018 - Oct

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> The Changing of the guard: Shifts in industrial commodity demand
> Shifts in commodity demand over the past 20 years
> The implications of tariffs for commodity markets

2018 - April

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> Oil exporters: Policies and challenges

2017 - Oct

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2017 - April

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2017 - Jan

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> Investment weakness in commodity exporters

2016 - Oct

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> OPEC in historical context: Commodity agreements and market fundamentals

2016 - July

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> From energy prices to food prices: Moving in tandem?

2016 - Apr

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> Resource development in era of cheap commodities

2016 - Jan

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> Weak growth in emerging market economies: What does it imply for commodity markets?

2015 - Oct

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> Understanding El Niño: What does it mean for commodity markets?
> Iran Nuclear Agreement: A game changer for energy markets?

2015 - July

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> How important are China and India in global commodity consumption

2015 - Jan*Excel 
2014 - Oct....> The role of income growth in commodities
2014 - Jan....> The nature and causes of oil price volatility

* For more information regarding these publication issues, please contact commodities@worldbank.org. 

 Earlier Issues (monthly and analytical)

2013

2013Q1,   2013Q3,   2013Q4

2012

Jan,  Feb,   Jun  •  2012H1,  2012H2

2011

Feb,  Mar,   Apr,   May,  Jun,  Jul,  Oct,  Nov,  Dec  •  2011H1,  2011H2

2010

Jan,  Feb,   Mar,  Apr,  May,  Aug,  Sep,  Oct,  Nov,  Dec  •  2010H1

2009

Jan,  Feb,   Mar,  Apr,  May,  Jun,  Sep,  Oct,  Nov,  Dec  •  2009H1

2008

Jan,  Feb,   Apr,  Jul,  Aug,  Sep,  Oct,  Nov,  Dec

2007

Mar,  Apr,   Jun,  Aug,  Sep,  Oct,  Nov,  Dec

2006

Jan,  Feb,  Mar,  Apr,  May,  Jun,  Jul,  Sep,  Oct,  Nov,  Dec

2005

Jan,  Mar,  Apr,   Aug,   Sep,   Oct,   Nov,   Dec

2004

2004Q2

2003

Jan,   Feb,   Apr,   May,   Jun,   Jul,   Sep,   Nov,   Dec  •   2003Q1

2002

Jan,   Feb,   Mar,   Apr,   May,   Jun,   Jul,   Sep,   Oct,   Nov,   Dec  •   2002Q1

2001

Dec  •  2001Q1

2000

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1999

Jan,  Mar,   Apr,   May,   Jun,   Jul,   Aug,   Sep,   Oct,   Nov,   Dec

1998

Feb,  May,  Aug,  Nov

1997

Feb,  May,  Aug,  Nov

1996

Feb,  May,  Aug,  Nov

1995

Feb,  May,  Aug

1994

Nov