Soybeans: Victory Is Around The Corner

Menzie Chinn
By Menzie Chinn of Econbrowser
Professor of Public Affairs and Economics at the University of Wisconsin •

Soybean prices remain 15.5% below March 26 levels.

On July 9, 2018, about 14 months ago, reader CoRev wrote:

Those of us arguing against the constant anti-tariff, anti-Trump dialogs have noted this will probably be a price blip lasting until US/Chinese negotiations end. We are on record saying the prices will be back approaching last year’s harvest season prices.

Hah, hah, hah, hah! Time to look at prices relative to March 23, 2018, when Trump announced imposing Section 301 tariffs on Chinese goods…

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In other words, soybean prices remain 15.5% below March 26 levels.

So…much…winning. I can’t bear it any more.

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