There are so many protests happening around the world these days, I wouldn't be surprised if the *corrected* rumor from China was true...
Quote from the1:
Unreported by the press, to the best of my knowledge, there were food riots in China around the 20th of Feb. because of the rapid increase in the price of commodities.
Quote from Covertibility:
Dollar index:
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The dollar was at a lower level in '08 than today and if we believe that the dollar is the sole reason for high commodity prices, then why is cotton and coffee signficantly higher today than at their '08 levels?
Quote from olias:
Fair enough, I just get really tired of the over-simplification that is rampant around here. Such as "QE2 caused food prices to spike"
Quote from kashirin:
instead of being tired you should force you brain to work a little
so you maybe heard Bernanke wanted higher stocks? Actually I thnik he wanted higher house prices
Although you should know desired assets grow faster than not desired
so if we rate assets they will be in the following order
1. commodities
2. stocks
3. housing
Bernanke takes credit for high stock prices but denies for commodity. But it's just impossible in this economic situation
either he is responsible for commodities or not responsible for stocks
in both cases he is just a liar