Commodity Prices after COVID-19: Persistence and Time Trends

Since December 2019 we have been living with the virus known as SARS-CoV-2, a situation which has led to health policies being given prevalence over economic ones and has caused a paralysis in the demand for raw materials for several months due to the number confinements put in place around the worl...

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Main Authors: Manuel Monge, Ana Lazcano
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-06-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9091/10/6/128
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description Since December 2019 we have been living with the virus known as SARS-CoV-2, a situation which has led to health policies being given prevalence over economic ones and has caused a paralysis in the demand for raw materials for several months due to the number confinements put in place around the world. Since the worst days of the pandemic caused by COVID-19, most commodity prices have been recovering. The main objective of this research work is to learn about the evolution and impact of COVID-19 on the prices of raw materials in order to understand how it will affect the behavior of the economy in the coming quarters. To this end, we use fractionally integrated methods and an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) model. During the COVID-19 pandemic episode, we observe that commodity prices have a mean reverting behavior, indicating that it will not be necessary to take additional measures since the series will return, by themselves, to their long term projections. Moreover, in our forecast using ANN algorithms, we observe that the Bloomberg Spot Commodity Index will recover its upward trend, increasing some 56.67% to the price from before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic episode.
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spelling doaj.art-c892b37567eb4ff09574f284a40b65c52023-11-23T18:50:15ZengMDPI AGRisks2227-90912022-06-0110612810.3390/risks10060128Commodity Prices after COVID-19: Persistence and Time TrendsManuel Monge0Ana Lazcano1Faculty of Law, Business and Government, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, E-28223 Madrid, SpainFaculty of Law, Business and Government, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, E-28223 Madrid, SpainSince December 2019 we have been living with the virus known as SARS-CoV-2, a situation which has led to health policies being given prevalence over economic ones and has caused a paralysis in the demand for raw materials for several months due to the number confinements put in place around the world. Since the worst days of the pandemic caused by COVID-19, most commodity prices have been recovering. The main objective of this research work is to learn about the evolution and impact of COVID-19 on the prices of raw materials in order to understand how it will affect the behavior of the economy in the coming quarters. To this end, we use fractionally integrated methods and an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) model. During the COVID-19 pandemic episode, we observe that commodity prices have a mean reverting behavior, indicating that it will not be necessary to take additional measures since the series will return, by themselves, to their long term projections. Moreover, in our forecast using ANN algorithms, we observe that the Bloomberg Spot Commodity Index will recover its upward trend, increasing some 56.67% to the price from before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic episode.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9091/10/6/128commodity pricesCOVID-19ARFIMA (p, d, q) modelmachine learning
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Commodity Prices after COVID-19: Persistence and Time Trends
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COVID-19
ARFIMA (p, d, q) model
machine learning
title Commodity Prices after COVID-19: Persistence and Time Trends
title_full Commodity Prices after COVID-19: Persistence and Time Trends
title_fullStr Commodity Prices after COVID-19: Persistence and Time Trends
title_full_unstemmed Commodity Prices after COVID-19: Persistence and Time Trends
title_short Commodity Prices after COVID-19: Persistence and Time Trends
title_sort commodity prices after covid 19 persistence and time trends
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COVID-19
ARFIMA (p, d, q) model
machine learning
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