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Commodity Markets Financialization and its Impact on the World Economy
Commodity Markets Financialization and its Impact on the World Economy

Author(s): Oldřich Rejnuš, Kamil Smolik
Subject(s): Supranational / Global Economy, Financial Markets
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: financialization; commodity markets; world economy;
Summary/Abstract: This paper deals with the financialization of contemporary world commodity markets and its influence on the economy. Firstly, it defines the ways in which this current trend shows itself and then analyzes its impact on the economy. Concurrently the paper tries to find out in what way is the effect positive for the economy as well as in what is negative.