A weaker U.S. dollar, rising inflation risks and demand driven by additional fiscal and monetary stimulus from major central banks will spur a bull market for commodities in 2021, Goldman’s chief commodity strategist Jeffrey Currie said on Thursday, also predicting that “all commodity markets are in, or moving toward, a deficit with inventories drawing in all but cocoa, coffee and iron ore.” The bank, which notes that markets are increasingly concerned about the return of inflation, forecast a return of 28% over a 12-month period on the S&P/Goldman Sachs Commodity Index (GSCI), with a 17.9% return for precious metals, 42.6% for energy, 5.5% for industrial metals and a negative return of 0.8% for agriculture. A key catalyst for the bank’s bullish call is that “nearly all commodity markets are in, or moving toward, a deficit with inventories drawing in all but cocoa, coffee and iron ore.” As Currie adds, […]