How large are risk premiums in commodity prices?

Our estimates suggest that risk premiums are currently adding around 40% to commodity prices. This suggests that commodity prices could fall a long way whenever concerns over the Russia-Ukraine conflict begin to ease, though clearly this is unlikely to happen any time soon. In view of the wider interest, we are also sending this Commodities Update to clients of our Energy and Metals Services.

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