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Five Key Charts to Watch in Global Commodities This Week

This week’s edition has a heavy focus on food, with rising beef costs weighing on the start of barbecue season in the Northern Hemisphere, ongoing tensions over the safe-grain corridor in the Black Sea and tightening supplies of rice — a staple in Asia — due to food security concerns and poor weather. Here are five notable charts to consider in global commodity markets.

SoftBank Unit to Sell Yen Bonds as BOJ Policy Uncertainty Ebbs

SoftBank Corp., the mobile unit of Masayoshi Son’s Japanese conglomerate plans to sell about 50 billion yen ($352 million) of bonds, taking advantage of receding uncertainty about the Bank of Japan’s near-term monetary policy and improved sentiment in global credit markets.