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commodities

  • plural
    of commodity.
    commodity
    noun
    an article of trade or commerce, especially a product as distinguished from a service.

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Fixed income, currencies and commodities income fell 19% to 1.01 billion pounds, mirroring a weaker performance for U.S. banks in the sector.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

In the global-markets business, sales and trading revenue fell 5% to $5.1 billion, as equities revenue rose 11% to $2.5 billion but fixed income, currencies and commodities revenue dropped 17% to $2.6 billion.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

So far, AI spillovers to core inflation in major economies appear limited, but the threat is worth monitoring as energy prices rebound, rippling out to other commodities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Goldman saw muted activity in some parts of its markets business, such as fixed income, currency and commodities, where revenues were "essentially unchanged," the firm said in a press release.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

Huge surpluses of wheat, corn, milk, pork, and beef produced in the Midwest had caused the price of farm commodities to crash.

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