West Africa: Ebola Fears Could Impact Commodities

Oct 9, 2014 | Michael Kozoil, The Land
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RESTRICTIONS on the movement of labour and goods as the Ebola crisis in West Africa worsens could have an impact on commodity markets, economists warn.

Commodity prices have been largely unaffected by the outbreak, other than a two-week cocoa spike of 10 per cent in September, Capital Economics said this week.