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Will commodity prices get a further boost from QE3?

The dark cloud over the US economy has had a small silver lining for commodity prices in the form of renewed expectations of yet another bout of quantitative easing from the Fed and a lower dollar. However, we think it is far too soon to expect QE3. What’s more, there is only so much that monetary policy could do to offset weakness of final demand for commodities.

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