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Table for figure of Prices of Oil and Nonfuel Commodities,
2003-07
Period Price of oil,
dollars
per barrel
Prices of
nonfuel
commodities*
January 2003 32.9 100.0
February 2003 35.9 100.4
March 2003 33.5 98.7
April 2003 28.3 98.0
May 2003 28.1 98.5
June 2003 30.7 98.1
July 2003 30.8 97.7
August 2003 31.6 99.3
September 2003 28.3 101.5
October 2003 30.3 105.6
November 2003 31.1 108.0
December 2003 32.1 109.9
January 2004 34.2 115.4
February 2004 34.7 119.7
March 2004 36.8 122.8
April 2004 36.7 122.9
May 2004 40.3 121.7
June 2004 38.0 121.6
July 2004 40.8 121.4
August 2004 44.9 118.9
September 2004 45.9 118.5
October 2004 53.1 118.8
November 2004 48.5 119.4
December 2004 43.3 119.7
January 2005 46.8 125.5
February 2005 48.0 129.2
March 2005 54.2 134.6
April 2005 53.0 131.2
May 2005 49.8 130.5
June 2005 56.4 131.4
July 2005 58.7 130.8
August 2005 65.0 132.5
September 2005 65.6 132.8
October 2005 62.4 134.3
November 2005 58.3 135.2
December 2005 59.4 140.7
January 2006 65.5 147.5
February 2006 61.6 152.3
March 2006 62.9 153.3
April 2006 69.7 163.3
May 2006 70.9 178.4
June 2006 71.0 171.5
July 2006 74.4 176.0
August 2006 73.0 176.3
September 2006 63.9 174.9
October 2006 58.9 180.1
November 2006 59.2 182.1
December 2006 62.1 184.6
January 2007 54.2 181.3

Note: The data are monthly and extend through January 2007. The oil price is the spot price of West Texas intermediate crude oil. The price of nonfuel commodities is an index of forty-five primary-commodity prices.

*For nonfuel commodities, index January 2003 = 100.  Return to table

Source: For oil, the Commodity Research Bureau; for nonfuel commodities, International Monetary Fund.