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Chapter 10<br />

Figure 10. CBOT Corn Market Composition January 2007 – April 2008. Source: Derived from a<br />

presentation of Dave Kass at the Agricultural Markets Roundtable held April 22, 2008 Washing<strong>to</strong>n,<br />

DC at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.<br />

–<br />

A number of recent studies seem <strong>to</strong> suggest that speculation has not systematically<br />

contributed <strong>to</strong> higher commodity prices or increased price volatility.<br />

› For example, a recent IMF sta� analysis (September 2006 World Economic<br />

Outlook) shows that speculative activity tends <strong>to</strong> respond <strong>to</strong> price movements<br />

(rather than the other way around), suggesting that the causality runs from prices<br />

<strong>to</strong> <strong>change</strong>s in speculative positions.<br />

› �e Commodity Futures Trading Commission has argued that speculation<br />

may have reduced price volatility by increasing market liquidity, which allowed<br />

market participants <strong>to</strong> adjust their portfolios, thereby encouraging entry by new<br />

participants.<br />

4. First quantitative results of the analysis of key driving fac<strong>to</strong>rs<br />

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OECD Outlook 2007-2017: �e OECD performed some scenarios <strong>to</strong> see the impact of<br />

various drivers on their Outlook projection (OECD-FAO, 2008). �is analysis highlights<br />

the outcome of a situation where biofuel policies are in place under the reference scenario<br />

and di�erent assumptions are moderate, e.g. income growth, development of crude oil<br />

prices, etc.:<br />

– If biofuel production stays at its 2007 level, then world wheat prices would be 5% lower,<br />

maize 13% lower and vegetable oil 15% lower compared <strong>to</strong> the reference scenario<br />

where biofuel production in 2017 more than doubles relative <strong>to</strong> the 2007 level.<br />

238 <strong>Sugarcane</strong> <strong>ethanol</strong><br />

Dollars per bushel

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