Investors shouldn't expect a strong dollar to stop pressuring commodities prices anytime soon, says Brian Coulton, chief economist at Fitch Ratings. Speaking at LME Week, Mr. Coulton said that after 2016, "the rise in commodities prices has net-net been positive for emerging-market growth, excluding China, and a trough in EM growth excluding China correlates to weak commodities prices." Both commodities and non-China EM economies may come under further pressure in the months ahead if the dollar doesn't weaken. "Don't imagine the dollar's strength will fade away anytime soon," Mr. Coulton says - via WSJ.