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The Financialization of Commodity Markets: A Short-lived Phenomenon?

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March 2018
Yves Jégourel

Dans ce briefing, Yves Jegourel, Senior Fellow à l’OCP Policy Cener, reviens sur les messages clés du rapport “The Financialization of Commodity markets: A Short-lived Phenomenon?” qu’il a également édité. Il y défini la financiarization des marchés de matières premières, et présente la dimension à la fois technique et stratégique de ce rapport.

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