CHINA, PRECIOS DE COMMODITIES Y DESEMPE？O DE AMéRICA LATINA: ALGUNOS HECHOS ESTILIZADOS

the chinese economy has become one of the most important consumers of broad range o/commodities. this work aims at measuring the impact of china's expansion on commodity prices and illustrate its effect on latin american economies. it is found a positive and significant relation between china's industrial production and the evolution of prices of metals, fuels, and to a lesser extent, grains and other farm commodities. in general, latin american economic cycles are positively correlated with commodity prices and china's economic activity.