CEBRA Workshop for Commodities and Macroeconomics - Central Bank Research Association

Specific topics could be related (but not restricted) to:

• Modeling and forecasting commodity prices and quantities

• Measure of expectations and their role in commodity price movements

• The roles of demand, supply, and financial shocks in driving commodity prices

• Speculation and commodity prices

• Interactions between commodity prices and financial markets

• Technological innovation and adoption in commodity markets

• Analysis investigating commodity project investment and production decisions

• Broad macroeconomic implications of commodity price fluctuations

• The welfare effects of shocks in particular commodity markets, eg, falling oil prices

• Monetary or fiscal policy responses to commodity price fluctuations

• Fiscal budgeting and hedging policies for commodity‐producing countries

• Aggregate output and inflation responses to commodity price movements

• Commodity price cycles’ effects on the global economy, emerging economies, or commodity‐producing economies