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. 2020 Dec 4;23(6):9614–9616. doi: 10.1007/s10668-020-01099-w

Correction to: The consequences of coronavirus outbreak on commodity markets

Himadri Rajput 1, Rahil Changotra 1, Prachi Rajput 2, Sneha Gautam 3,, Anjani R K Gollakota 4, Amarpreet Singh Arora 5,
PMCID: PMC7714901  PMID: 33293893

Correction to: Environment, Development and Sustainability https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-020-00934-4

  1. Unfortunately, the authors have missed the addition of source of Table 1. We apologize for our mistake.

    The source of Table 1 is provided below.

  2. There is change in the title of manuscript as it coincides with the title of World Bank report, 2020. We apologize for our mistake

    The title has been modified to:

    The consequences of Coronavirus outbreak on commodity markets.

Table 1.

The nominal price indexes and forecast revision.

Source: Commodity Markets Outlook, World Bank (2020)

Price indexes (2010 = 100)a Change % (q/q)b Change % (y/y)c Forecast revisions
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2019Q4 2020Q1 2020 2021 2020 2021
Energy 68 87 76 45 54 1.7 − 18.4 − 40.3 18.9 − 35.1 17.1
Non-energy 84 85 82 78 79 1.9 − 0.7 − 5.1 2.5 − 4.6 0.9
Agricultured 87 87 83 82 84 4.1 1.2 − 1.1 1.8 − 0.9 − 0.1
Beverages 83 79 76 72 74 5.1 − 0.9 − 5.3 2.3 − 4.4 0.2
Food 90 90 87 87 88 4.9 1.5 − 0.5 1.9 − 1.2 2.1
Oil and meals 87 85 77 78 80 7.2 3.1 0.1 2.7 − 1.8 5.2
Grains 81 89 89 88 89 0.8 4.4 − 1.5 1.8 − 1.6 0.4
Other food 102 99 98 97 98 6 − 2.5 − 0.4 0.9 0 0.2
Raw materials 81 81 78 77 79 1.2 1.6 − 0.8 1.6 − 5.3 0.3
Fertilizers 74 82 8 73 76 − 7 − 4.5 − 9.9 3.1 − 12.9 1
Metals and minerals 78 83 78 68 71 − 1.8 − 4.7 − 13.2 4 − 11.6 2.9
Precious metals 98 97 105 119 119 0.7 5.4 13.2 − 0.3 7.7 0.7
Memorandum items
Crude oil (USD/bbl) 53 68 51 35 42 1 − 18.7 − 43 20 − 37.5 18.1
Gold (USD/toz) 1.258 1.269 1.392 1.6 1.59 0.5 6.9 14.9 − 0.6 9.3 0.6

aPrice index, as “100”, calculated by the ratio of nominal GDP to real GDP

b(q/q) = quarter by quarter

c(y/y) = year by year

dAverage of wheat, corn, and soybean price

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Sneha Gautam, Email: snehagautam@karunya.edu.

Amarpreet Singh Arora, Email: amarpreet.amar007@gmail.com.

Reference

  1. Commodity Outlook . A shock like no other: the impact of COVID-19 on commodity markets. Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt: Corporate Bank; 2020. [Google Scholar]

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