{"product_id":"the-price-reporters-9781138721562","title":"The Price Reporters","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery consumer in a modern economy is indirectly exposed to the work of a price reporting agency (PRA) each time they fill up their car, take a flight or switch on a light, and yet the general public is completely unaware of the existence of PRAs. Firms like Platts, Argus and ICIS, which are referenced every day by commodity traders and which influence billions of dollars of trade, are totally unfamiliar to consumers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Price Reporters: A Guide to PRAs and Commodity Benchmarks brings the mysterious world of price reporting out of the shadows for the first time, providing a comprehensive guide to the agencies that set the world's commodity prices. This book explains the importance of PRAs to the global commodities industry, highlighting why PRAs affect every consumer around the world. It introduces the individual PRAs, their history and the current state of play in the industry, and also presents the challenges that the PRA industry is facing now and in the future, in \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Owain Johnson has written an important book, offering the first practitioner’s guide to the world of PRAs and commodity price formation.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Tilak K. Doshi, Managing Consultant, Muse, Stancil \u0026amp; Co.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: PRAs and the commodity markets they serve\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: The PRA business model\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: How price benchmarks work\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Who are the price reporters?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: A brief history of energy PRAs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6: PRAs in the metals and minerals markets\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7: PRAs in the agricultural markets\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Petrochemical and Plastics PRAs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9: PRAs in Asia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10: PRAs and environmental issues\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 11: PRA pricing methodologies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 12: The Market-on-Close\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 13: The PRAs and the exchanges\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 14: PRAs and global regulation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 15: PRAs and European regulation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 16: Academic research into PRAs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 17: Conclusion – the future of PRAs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 18: Further reading and bibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019520672087,"sku":"9781138721562","price":43.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138721562.jpg?v=1750780514","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-price-reporters-9781138721562","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}