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Lead Price Forecasts

Energy & Metals Consensus Forecasts is the result of a comprehensive quarterly survey of over 30 of the world’s most prominent commodity forecasters covering over 25 individual commodity price forecasts including lead.

The only publication of its kind, Energy & Metals Consensus Forecasts contains detailed consensus and individual analyst price forecasts for the next 10 quarters as well as the long-term outlook.

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The publication has many practical uses including commodity investment analysis, risk management, corporate planning, and budgeting. The commodities covered have been selected for their global appeal and traded on prominent futures markets such as the London Metal Exchange (LME), New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) and InterContinental Exchange (ICE). For example, the lead price forecasts below are based on LME cash prices for lead of 99.970% minimum purity.

Lead Price Forecasts From Survey of October 26, 2009
(US$/metric tonne)
Survey Date Spot Price US$2406/t Dec 09 Mar 10 Jun
10		 Sep 10 % Change from spot Dec 10 Mar 11 Jun 11 Sep 11 Dec 11
Citigroup 2218 2415 2614 2795 16.2% Download the sample issue
BIPE 2347 2300 2530 2593 7.8% below to see the complete table
Econ Intelligence Unit 2095 2205 2315 2425 0.8% of forecasts, price charts,
Oxford Economics 2285 2499 2506 2424 0.7% and written analysis.
Lead 2248 2308 2356 2423 0.7%
Societe Generale 2390 2300 2350 2400 -0.2%
Bank of America 1700 2100 1700 2200 -8.6%
RBS 2205 2249 2359 2161 -10.2%
Prometeia 2209 2210 2139 2126 -11.6%
ANZ 2315 2271 2116 2028 -15.7%
Scotiabank 2376 2376 2205 1984 -17.5%
Commonwealth Bank 2003 1808 1850 1892 -21.4%
Westpac 2190 2190 1825 1890 -21.4%
IHS Global Insight 2417 2088 1848 1877 -22.0%
Metal Bulletin Research 2080 1960 1900 1800 -25.2%
Macquarie Bank 2205 1984 1984 1764 -26.7%
Morgan Stanley 1896 1852 1808 1764 -26.7%
UBS 1764 1764 1764 1764 -26.7%
ABARE 1648 1676 1714 1752 -27.2%
Barclays Capital 2200 2400 1850 1750 -27.3%
Wilson HTM 2176 1764 1764 1543 -35.9%
Deutsche Bank 2425 1984 1543 1323 -45.0%
Credit Suisse 1323 1102 1102 1102 -54.2%
Consensus (Mean) 2118 2078 2006 1990 -17.3%
High 2425 2499 2614 2795 -
Low 1323 1102 1102 1102 -
Standard Deviation 280 317 364 405 -

The table above shows a portion of lead price forecasts taken from the October 2009 issue of Energy & Metals Consensus Forecasts. A complete sample issue of the publication, which also includes forecasts for Aluminium, Copper, Nickel, Tin and Zinc, as well as ferrous and precious metals, can be downloaded in PDF format by clicking the link below and registering your details.


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