Juvenal, Luciana; Petrella, Ivan - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2011
price comovement between different commodities. We analyze whether speculation in the oil market played a key role in … (FAVAR) model. We analyze the role of speculation in comparison to supply and demand forces as drivers of oil prices. The … prices in the last decade is mainly explained by the strength of global demand. However, financial speculation played a …