World Commodity Forecast product tutorial - YouTube

Channel: Economist Intelligence: EIU

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understanding commodity markets is
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critical for businesses that are exposed
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to the global economy from the
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industrial raw materials that determine
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manufacturing costs to the agricultural
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staples that support the food processing
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industry and feed the world's population
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understanding not only how commodity
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prices will move but why they will move
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is vital for many types of organizations
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these range from businesses that manage
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complex supply chains to institutional
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and asset managers the e I use world
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commodity forecast provides
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comprehensive in-depth market forecasts
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for 25 of the most frequently traded
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global commodities the world commodity
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forecast takes a medium-term view of
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commodity markets providing insight into
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the major structural factors that will
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shake supply and demand and therefore
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prices over a two-year period our
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forecasts are updated monthly to take
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into account the latest market trends
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and the shifting economic outlook in key
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markets
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you can find all of our reports on the
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EIU comm website by going to the
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industry tab and clicking on commodities
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from here you can select any individual
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commodity report from the commodities
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menu on the left the EIU covers 11
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agricultural commodities ranging from
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beverages like cocoa coffee and tea to
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vegetable oils and staple grains like
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wheat maize and rice we also cover 14
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industrial raw materials including
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energy products like crude oil coal and
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natural gas as well as several base
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metals precious metals cotton and rubber
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ai you commodity forecasts are not
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written from a trader perspective but
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friendly information and forecasts
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within a broader global economic picture
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our forecasts benefit from the huge
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depth of country analysis available to
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the commodities team to view a
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particular commodity report select it
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from the bar on the left click on the
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first link to view the most recent
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published report or to see previous
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editions just scroll through the archive
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below once you click on the report you
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wish to view it will load in the current
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window each of the eaj used 25 commodity
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reports follows the same structure which
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allows for easy benchmarking across
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different commodities this can be
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helpful for commodities where the supply
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demand or price forecasts can have a
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direct impact on decisions to produce or
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consume an alternative good
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each report starts with an in-depth
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discussion of the factors driving global
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demand for that commodity
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followed by global supply
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this then feeds into our two-year
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forecasts for global stocks and prices
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of that particular good
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all of the quantitative forecasts are
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available to download directly in Excel
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by clicking on this link conscious that
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global market conditions are constantly
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shifting all of our reports will also
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highlight various risks that could push
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prices higher or lower this allows you
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to plan for potential scenarios
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affecting your operations to return to
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the homepage scroll to the top of the
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screen and click on the EIU logo or
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better click on the commodities link at
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the top of the page to return to the
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commodities homepage back on the
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commodities homepage the 25 individual
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forecasts are compiled into two price
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indices the industrial raw materials
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index and the food feed staff and
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beverage index which monitor price
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shifts across each sector and are
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weighted according to the global trade
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volume of each particular commodity
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these reports can be accessed by
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clicking on the overview button at the
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bottom of the screen
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from here you can read the report or
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download the quantitative forecaster
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ectly in Excel for use in your own
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projects or models by clicking on this
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link here