February 25, 2021· 38 min
How Chinese Buying Is Causing a Boom in Agricultural Commodities
Orality
Model
82%
Oral-dominant (speeches, podcasts, storytelling)
Speaker Breakdown
HostTracy Alloway(1,164 words)
M:29%
HostJoe Weisenthal(1,761 words)
M:29%
GuestScott Irwin(2,727 words)
M:29%
Oral Indicators
Agonistic45%
obviously, clearly, basically
Engagement70%
you, our, your
Memory Aids100%
listen, now, so
Repetition100%
know (56x), like (49x), about (44x)
Parallelism75%
And I'm Joe Wasenthal...., So, Joe, I know there's been a..., So, clearly, we are joking....
Sound Patterns79%
50 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases6%
you know what, i mean
Literate Indicators
Hedging10%
might, maybe, probably
Passive Voice8%
was negotiated, is represented, are involved
Abstract Nouns21%
investment, standardization, inflation
Subordination6%
because, however, unless
Sentence Length40%
Avg: 14.9 words/sentence
Word Complexity47%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers0%
Impersonal Style30%
440 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style100%
obviously, clearly, really
Description
There are lots of hot areas in the market, which everybody knows. Stocks are obviously hot, as are industrial commodities like copper. Agricultural commodities are surging as well. If you look at a chart of corn or soy or even oats, they've been on a tear. One big factor: Chinese demand, in part driven by a desire to stock up on supplies. Meanwhile, China is launching agricultural futures of its own, including a new contract on hogs. On this episode, we speak about what's going on right now in agricultural commodities with Scott Irwin, an economist at the University of Illinois, who helps us break it all down. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.