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Weaker dollar supports commodity prices

It has been a quiet few weeks for news from China, as disruption associated with the Lunar New Year holiday has made it difficult to determine exactly how the economy has fared so far this year. Instead, investors’ perceptions on the possible path of US interest rates and the recent falls in the dollar have been some of the key drivers of prices this month.

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