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Commodity prices

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Commodity prices: Part 1
  Commodity price index 1
Total Percentage change Excluding energy Energy Agriculture Metals and minerals
v52673496 v52673496 v52673497 v52673498 v52673500 v52673499
  1972, Jan.=100 percent 1972, Jan.=100
2008 704.9 20.5 356.8 1,984.9 321.6 592.0
2009 454.4 -35.5 295.1 1,078.6 261.4 488.4
August 2008 757.9 33.1 380.0 2,135.8 346.3 630.7
September 2008 706.1 20.9 366.1 1,945.6 318.5 594.2
October 2008 580.4 -5.8 318.5 1,540.2 273.4 493.8
November 2008 506.3 -21.2 294.0 1,293.7 261.7 439.5
December 2008 424.3 -33.4 276.9 1,003.7 249.7 396.6
January 2009 420.4 -36.4 280.4 979.1 267.9 409.1
February 2009 394.6 -43.2 276.5 888.8 265.6 404.8
March 2009 410.9 -44.4 276.0 952.0 266.3 410.7
April 2009 405.6 -47.9 281.8 918.7 271.6 432.2
May 2009 440.9 -48.3 284.4 1,049.9 280.2 451.4
June 2009 471.5 -47.3 291.4 1,154.8 273.6 482.9
July 2009 449.1 -48.0 297.0 1,051.1 261.7 496.2
August 2009 460.8 -39.2 303.2 1,082.5 253.3 540.2
September 2009 448.6 -36.5 300.3 1,042.7 243.7 531.0
October 2009 500.7 -13.7 305.7 1,237.7 244.0 547.7
November 2009 502.0 -0.8 316.2 1,214.9 253.0 562.8
December 2009 547.9 29.1 327.9 1,371.2 255.5 591.8
January 2010 576.0 37.0 338.5 1,459.9 265.3 603.3
February 2010 564.4 43.0 346.0 1,389.5 268.3 573.8
March 2010 558.9 36.0 363.5 1,323.0 281.2 614.1
April 2010 570.3 40.6 383.1 1,320.5 291.7 644.5
May 2010 541.5 22.8 372.1 1,235.2 288.8 593.6
June 2010 549.1 16.5 347.4 1,324.2 284.8 566.1
July 2010 547.2 21.8 348.6 1,313.2 292.3 577.3
August 2010 543.9 18.0 355.9 1,282.6 301.3 608.4
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 .. .. .. ..  ..  .. 
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 .. .. .. .. .. ..
May 2010 .. .. .. .. .. ..
June 2010 .. .. .. .. .. ..
July 2010 .. .. .. .. .. ..
August 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 176-0075.
Date Modified: 2010-09-16

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