Sugarcane ethanol: Contributions to climate change - BAFF
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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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Commercial merchants Managed money funds<br />
CIT CBOT nearby future<br />
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4.50<br />
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4.00<br />
3.75<br />
3.50<br />
3.25<br />
3.00<br />
2.75<br />
2.50<br />
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