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 The deregulation of virtual exchanges and forward markets in food products was completed between the years 1990 and 2000. These policies supported wild speculation and short-term profits; The rise of stock markets and financial assets guided global economic dynamics from the euphoria of the years of Bill Clinton and Tony Blair until the crisis of 2008; then, after a short hiatus in the following years, it resumed its momentum in 2015-2016. As before, commodity exchanges were at the center of these dynamics.

Between 2002 and 2008, the number of commodity Phone Number List contracts increased by 500%, while the sums placed in commodity forward markets rose from $13 billion to $260 billion. Inevitably, prices of food products increased sharply starting in 2005; This rise continued until the spring of 2008, at which time financial speculation generated a dizzying increase. Currently, only 2% of transactions in commodity markets correspond to actual product exchanges. For the remaining 98%, these are financial transactions that involve "imaginary" products, merely virtual.




This context paved the way, in agricultural markets, for new investors: banks, investment funds, pension funds, For the remaining 98%, these are financial transactions that involve "imaginary" products, merely virtual. This context paved the way, in agricultural markets, for new investors: banks, investment funds, pension funds, For the remaining 98%, these are financial transactions that involve "imaginary" products, merely virtual. This context paved the way, in agricultural markets, for new investors: banks, investment funds, pension funds,hedge funds , index funds, institutional investors.