World Bank sees largest commodity shock in almost fifty years

By Jonathan Josephs

Business reporter, BBC News

The war in Ukraine is set to cause the “largest commodity shock” since the 1970s, the World Bank has warned.

In a new forecast, it said disruption caused by the conflict would contribute to huge price rises for goods ranging from natural gas to wheat and cotton.

 The increase in prices “is starting to have very large economic and humanitarian effects,” Peter Nagle, a co-author of the report, told the BBC.