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China still the wildcard

Three macro developments should continue to set the tone for industrial commodity prices in the coming months. The end of the euro-zone recession is only a small positive, while the prospect that the Fed will soon start to taper its asset purchases should prove to be only a small negative. This leaves the outlook for China as the potentially decisive factor. Here we remain relatively bearish.

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