Commodities
Crypto, trade and environmental crime among AML/CFT risks – IMF
Staff propose increasing country assessments to twice per year
Ukraine invasion adds to pressure on food prices
Russia and Ukraine are key global producers of wheat and sunflower products
Commodity prices rise sharply after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Energy prices already account for around 50% of headline inflation in the eurozone
Maintaining China's growth in an environmentally friendly manner
Facing severe air, water and heavy metal pollution as well as acute water shortages, China needs to change its earlier mindset of ‘grow first and clean up later'
OECD warns taper hits developing-world growth prospects
Paris-based club of advanced economies warns taper will combine with declining commodity cycle and anaemic eurozone growth to hurt the growth prospects of developing countries
Commodity price inflation caused by 'financialisation', RBI paper finds
Research also shows private liquidity is inflationary while official liquidity is not and and that derivative traders, active and passive, have played an important role in inflation dynamics