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Aluminum worth afterwards 1993
The following graph is the diachronic price of aluminum quoted at LME. The info is quarterly averaged and downloaded from the IFS database of IMF. As you can see, the price after 1993 is almost above its historical average over 1965Q1~2007Q1, which is 1275 US/MT as the stud line in the graph.
3200 2800 2four hundred 2000 1600 1200 800 400 1965 ALUMINUM 3200 2800 2400 2000 1600 1200 800 400 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005

This essentially reflects two things. First, the demand for aluminum is rebounded. Second, the value of US dollars is declining, in particular in the recent 5 years.
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As shown in the above graph, the USD weighted index is typically negative correlated to the price of aluminum. The reason is simply that the price of aluminum is quoted by USD. Nevertheless, the aluminum is a normal good, so that its real price should be co-moving with the economic growth. The following graphs of gross domestic product growth rates provide some evidence of

this conjecture. The data is from the WDI dataset of World Bank. Clearly, the first peak over 1987~1989 is mainly due to the world expansion and, of course, partly reflecting a weak USD.



However, the warrant peak now (and obviously not ended) is sustained by the strong economic growth of EA&PAC (East Asia and Pacific) countries, particularly of China.
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7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1965 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 -2 1965 1970 1975

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14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 -2 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005

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