Choose a commodity to write about from the list below. The assignment should be
700 to 1500 words,typed MLA format. Students will be describing in great detail one
significant event in which the chosen commodity significantly changed in price. This
price change should be described using the supply and demand model. Did a
change in demand or a change in supply cause the change in price? Which variable
in supply or demand caused the change in the market? Also provide details on why
the commodity is valuable and why people are willing to pay for it, where is it
produced; and what factors impact the supply and demand for the commodity
internationally.
The assignment will graded based on the completeness and depth of the analysis of
the commodity market, focused topic, cohesiveness, spelling and grammar. Key
economic language is essential to describing these markets.
Corn
Zinc
Rough Rice
Tin
Soybeans
Aluminium
Rapeseed
Nickel
Wheat
Cobalt
Milk
Molybdenum
Cocoa
Recycled
Steel
Coffee
Gold
Cotton
Platinum
Sugar
Palladium
Crude
Oil Silver
Ethanol
Palm Oil
Natural Gas
Rubber
Propane
Wool
Copper
Amber
Lead
Coal
Uranium