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Why Copper Is the Barometer for a Cooling Economy
On this episode of The Commodities Economy, hosts Lucas and Luna explore the surprising resilience of copper prices in a cooling global economy. With copper trading around $6.57 per pound, up modestly over the past week, they examine why the metal is outperforming oil — which has slipped to $78 per barrel — and what this decoupling signals for the broader economic landscape. Lucas unpacks the structural drivers supporting copper: the energy transition's insatiable appetite for electrification, chronic supply constraints, and the rise of AI data centers. He also explains why copper's…
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