Emil Kalinowski is the Manager of Metals Market Research at Wheaton Precious Metals. He is responsible for interpreting commodity prices, macroeconomic trends, and long-term country risks. A metals and mining expert, Kalinowski writes about how socioeconomic and geopolitical trends affect the supply, demand, and price of base and precious metals. He currently focuses on the 2007 malfunction of the monetary system and its continuing disorder. His writings are also featured on the Metals & Markets Blog, a blog featuring an internal view on metal markets that Wheaton is involved in via its partners.