Is the services sector relevant to commodities?

So far, the current global economic downturn has been driven by a marked decline in manufacturing activity, with obvious negative implications for commodities demand and prices. Less intuitively, we think that if the malaise spreads to the services sector, there could be further falls in prices.

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