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In the wake of faster economic growth and thus higher demand for commodities in the Western world, the upward trend of the prices for industrial raw materials continued during 1972, and indeed gathered speed, on world markets. The following contribution is an analysis of the development in the past year and attempts a preview for 1973.
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HWWA-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (The Hamburg Institute of International Economics).
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Kolbe, H. Rising commodity prices. Intereconomics 8, 52–54 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02927537
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02927537