In the final part of my "charting the economy" series, we examine stocks and commodities. This series is intended to present a recent history of the economy in an easy-to-understand format using graphs. (See part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here , part 4 here, and part 5 here. )
Stocks have been up and down, but overall are at about the same level as they were ten years ago.
Commodities prices have been rising since 2002.
The CCI (Continous Commodity Index) is comprised of:
17.64% Energy
17.64% Grains
11.76% Livestock
29.4% Soft goods (sugar, cotton, cocoa, etc..)
23.52% Metals (gold, silver, copper, etc..)
We can see that commodities prices are rising, which results from monetary inflation. Consumers will pay more for the same goods.
Gold has had a massive run up in the last decade.
Silver is not far behind.
If commodities are rising so quickly, how
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