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2023 Archive Volume

On May 24, 2023, US debt ceiling negotiations began intensifying — and commodities fractured. Energy surged as grains fell.

6 files in this volume

The year in numbers

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Replayable scenarios

This year's files

  1. 012023 February–May: Commodity Markets Caught in the SVB–Credit Suisse Storm

    How commodity markets fractured when banking stress met industrial demand fears — 14 scenarios across metals, energy, and precious metals from February to May 2023.

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  2. 022023-05-09: EM Currency Storm — How Dollar Stratification Rewrote Risk Across 49 Pairs

    US debt-ceiling brinkmanship May–Aug 2023 fragmented EM FX into distinct strata, from Nigeria's 66% naira collapse to Albania's measured 5.6% decline. Yen weakness followed.

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  3. 03November 2023–May 2024: Red Sea Tensions and the Global Commodity Boom

    Geopolitical shock from Red Sea shipping disruptions drove extreme divergence across commodity markets, with cocoa soaring 150.7% and natural gas plunging 26.5% in six months of heightened volatility.

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  4. 042023 Spring: 66 Days That Shook Global Forex Through the SVB–Credit Suisse Crisis

    From February 6 to May 7, 2023, the USD/CNY cross moved just 2.0% — yet 61 currency pairs endured extreme internal stress as the SVB and Credit Suisse crises reshaped global forex markets.

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  5. 05March–July 2023: When SVB Shook the World — Currency Markets in the Banking Crisis

    Silicon Valley Bank's March 2023 collapse triggered a global banking scare that rippled through 97 forex markets, from the Chinese yuan to the Turkish lira.

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  6. 06November 2023: Red Sea Tensions Shook Global Forex — 79 Currency Pairs Under the Microscope

    Geopolitical fault line meets currency markets: how Red Sea tensions from November 2023 reshaped 79 forex pairs across six months and 132 trading days.

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