A triple whammy of weak PMIs in China and the euro-zone plus a downbeat assessment from the Federal Reserve about the long-term economic outlook has sparked sharp falls in commodity prices in the last 24 hours. We see little prospect of a significant economic improvement in the developed world or any of the major emerging markets any time soon. As such, we expect that commodity prices have further to fall.
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