News from 2016-01-07 / KfW Research

Commodity price decline weighs on investment

The commodity price decline of the past years has worsened the terms of trade between exports and imports for resource exporting countries. It makes capital goods imports more expensive and hampers investment activity. The latter ultimately results in lower potential growth.


Commodity price decline weighs on investment

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