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Iran-Iraq War
100 Low spare
capacity
U.S. spare
75 capacity 9-11 attacks
Saudis abandon
exhausted swing producer role
Asian financial crisis
50
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
WTI Brent Mars Tapis Dubai
0
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
4 100
2 50
0 0
-2
-4
-6
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
2 80
1.5 60
1 40
0.5 20
0 0
-0.5 -20
-1 -40
-1.5 -60
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
0
Jan '11 Jul '11 Jan '12 Jul '12 Jan '13 Jul '13 Jan '14 Jul '14 Jan '15 Jul '15 Jan '16
300 30
250 25
200 20
150 15
100 10
50 5
0 0
-50 -5
-100 -10
-150 -15
-200 -20
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
OECD liquid fuels inventory WTI crude 12th - 1st futures price spread
1,800
1,600
1,400
1,200
1,000
800
600
400
200
0
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Source: Bloomberg
400
300
200
100
-100
-200
-300
-400
-500
-600
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Copper: 7.5 %
Gasoline: 3.7 %
Gold: 11.9 %
Source: Bloomberg
150
100
50
-50
-100
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Date 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Gold 0 0# 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1# 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0# 0 0 0 0 0
Copper # 0# 0 0 0 0 0# 0 0# 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 100 0 0
Silver 0 0# 0 0 0 0# 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0# 0 000 0 0
Soy # 0# 0# 0# 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0# 0 0# 0 000 0 0
< -0.65 -0.65 to -0.4 -0.4 to -0.25 -0.25 to 0.25 0.25 to 0.4 0.4 to 0.65 > 0.65
Negative correlation Positive correlation
Note: Correlations computed quarterly
Date 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
U.S. Dollar # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # 0 # # 0 # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # 0 # # # -0 # -0 # 0
U.S. Bonds 0 0 0 0 # 0 0 0 # 0 0 # 0 0 # # # 0 # 0 # 0 # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # 0 # # 0 # -0 # #
Inflation Expectations 0 0 0 # 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 # 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 # 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
< -0.65 -0.65 to -0.4 -0.4 to -0.25 -0.25 to 0.25 0.25 to 0.4 0.4 to 0.65 > 0.65
Negative correlation Positive correlation