The "perfect storm" in commodities continues

From Bloomberg:

Commodities headed for the biggest weekly gain since October 2009 as global shortfalls of cotton and wheat drove agriculture prices higher.
The Thomson Reuters/Jefferies CRB Index of 19 raw materials rose 3.25, or 1%, to 315.35 at 1:31 p.m. New York time. A close at that level would mark a weekly gain of 4.7%.
Cotton was poised for the biggest weekly jump in 39 years after India put limits on exports. Heavy rain is eroding the quality of Australian wheat after a drought cut Russian grain output. The dollar tumbled against major currencies, boosting the investment appeal of energy, metals and crops. Crude oil rose to a 25-month high, and gold topped $1,400 an ounce.
"The perfect storm in commodities continues another week," said Fain Shaffer, the president of Infinity Trading Corp., a commodity brokerage in Medford, Oregon. "Between weather problems, financial problems and China saying they want to buy gold, all these markets are up pretty good today."
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