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Table 6.6
Commodity prices

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Commodity prices: Part 1
  Commodity price index 1
Total Percentage change Excluding energy Energy Food Industrial materials
v36382 v36382 v36383 v36384 v36385 v36386
  82-90=100 percent 82-90=100
2008 250.0 19.2 176.0 375.2 169.7 179.3
2009 172.1 -31.1 145.8 216.2 132.8 152.0
April 2008 274.4 30.5 184.8 426.0 184.9 185.4
May 2008 297.2 40.7 193.7 472.4 187.0 197.3
June 2008 309.8 47.7 191.3 510.6 184.3 195.1
July 2008 300.9 44.2 189.5 489.6 177.7 195.3
August 2008 267.0 31.5 182.4 410.0 170.4 188.3
September 2008 248.5 18.3 174.5 373.5 154.6 183.8
October 2008 207.5 -5.8 155.3 295.6 133.5 165.3
November 2008 184.5 -19.0 146.1 249.3 130.9 153.2
December 2008 161.8 -28.3 139.5 198.9 124.9 146.3
January 2009 161.2 -31.3 141.6 193.8 135.1 145.0
February 2009 154.1 -38.5 139.9 177.7 133.5 143.3
March 2009 158.7 -39.7 139.3 190.9 135.1 141.7
April 2009 155.7 -43.3 140.9 180.1 138.3 142.6
May 2009 166.6 -43.9 142.8 206.4 143.6 143.0
June 2009 176.8 -42.9 144.7 230.7 140.4 147.2
July 2009 170.0 -43.5 145.0 212.0 133.3 150.6
August 2009 175.5 -34.3 146.1 224.9 128.4 154.3
September 2009 173.1 -30.3 145.8 218.8 123.9 155.9
October 2009 186.2 -10.3 149.5 247.9 123.7 161.1
November 2009 189.8 2.9 155.1 248.1 129.7 166.7
December 2009 197.9 22.3 159.1 263.1 129.2 172.6
January 2010 206.8 28.3 164.2 278.5 135.7 177.1
February 2010 203.6 32.1 165.7 267.2 137.7 178.4
March 2010 207.3 30.6 173.3 264.3 143.3 186.9
April 2010 214.6 37.8 182.6 268.2 148.3 198.0
Commodity prices: Part 2
  Farm product price index
Total Crops Livestock
  Total Grains Total Cattle Hogs
v1811533 v1811534 v1811535 v1811541 v1811542 v1811543
  1997=100
2008 121.1 142.8 162.2 103.6  99.0  67.7 
2009 .. .. .. ..  ..  .. 
April 2008 120.7 149.4 181.8 99.1  96.9  59.3 
May 2008 124.0 150.8 187.3 105.6  100.0  76.0 
June 2008 127.7 155.7 190.5 105.8  101.7  73.9 
July 2008 128.5 153.2 184.6 107.5  108.2  73.0 
August 2008 124.0 137.9 165.3 112.8  109.0  85.9 
September 2008 123.4 137.8 138.7 110.5  105.4  77.8 
October 2008 122.1 137.9 138.8 108.1  101.3  77.1 
November 2008 119.7 136.0 136.9 106.0  100.1  68.8 
December 2008 117.7 131.9 134.4 106.5  98.7  70.8 
January 2009 116.4 130.0 134.6 104.9  98.2  74.4 
February 2009 116.9 128.1 131.1 106.6  100.6  77.4 
March 2009 118.5 126.8 129.0 110.7  108.2  78.6 
April 2009 118.8 128.2 128.5 110.7  111.2  77.1 
May 2009 118.9 130.0 128.0 108.3  106.2  72.5 
June 2009 113.9 125.8 128.4 104.3  100.7  65.7 
July 2009 112.5 124.5 128.0 103.6  99.6  66.6 
August 2009 110.7 125.0 102.8 99.4  94.9  55.7 
September 2009 103.7 113.7 88.5 99.3  95.2  56.3 
October 2009 103.5 113.5 91.6 98.5  91.8  59.5 
November 2009 .. .. .. .. .. ..
December 2009 .. .. .. .. .. ..
January 2010 .. .. .. .. .. ..
February 2010 .. .. .. .. .. ..
March 2010 .. .. .. .. .. ..
April 2010 .. .. .. .. .. ..
1.
Prices measured in US dollars.
Source(s):
Bank of Canada, Public Information Service (1-800-303-1282). Farm Product Price Index (Catalogue no. 21-007-XWE). Gail-Ann Breese (613-951-3249). CANSIM tables: 002-0021, 002-0022 and 176-0001.
Date Modified: 2010-06-10

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