Economics and Finance Research Guide (IMF): Commodities & Energy

Indices of market prices for fuel and non-fuel commodities, and actual market prices for fuel and non-fuel commodities.

Data, news and analysis on the global crude, European natural gas, and global LNG markets. Open to all IMF staff.

Commodities codes: CCRV - Commodity Curve Analysis; CPFC - Commodity Price Forecasts; FDM - Commodity Fundamentals; GLCO - Global Commodity Prices | Commodities Cheat Sheet

Commodities market data cover all major commodity prices and price indexes, as well as agricultural commodity supply and demand, with forecasts for the Americas, Europe, MENA, and Asia; Commodity price indexes from the Baltic Exchange and Commodity Research Bureau. Open to all IMF staff.

Over 105,000 live spot commodities and energy series from various exchanges and commodity houses. | Commodities & Energy Content Overview | Service has limited licensing/access: Limited to 300 users.

Detailed individual and consensus forecasts for a range of 30 commodity prices including Crude Oil, Gasoline & Heating Oil, Gas Oil, Natural Gas, Coal, Uranium, Aluminium, Alumina, Copper, Nickel, Lead, Zinc, Steel, Iron Ore, Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium. Plus: Consensus (Mean), High and Low forecasts for Tin, Cobalt, Manganese, Molybdenum, Rutile, Ilmenite and Zircon, as well as Commodity Price Indices, Long-Term Forecasts and a separate Special Analysis for each quarter (Commodity Price Ranges and Volatility, Seasonal Price Patterns, Factors Affecting Commodity Prices and Commodity Price and Currency Correlations). Open to all IMF and World Bank Group staff.

Haver commodities databases: PPI - Producer Price Indexes, Commodity; DAILY & INTDAILY - indexes, prices, futures; WEEKLY & INTWEEKLY - commodity and energy prices; BALTIC - Baltic Freight Indexes (worldwide cost of shipping bulk commodities); ENERGY - Global Energy Statistics; USENERGY - US Energy Statistics; JODI - Oil World Database; G10 - Prices, HWWI Commodity Price Index; EMERGE - Producer Price Indexes. Open to all IMF staff.

Detailed database of historical and projected information used in preparing the International Energy Agency's monthly Oil Market Report (OMR). Open to all IMF staff.

The statistical databases of the International Energy Agency, with annual data. Open to all IMF staff.

Real-time cargo tracking and trade data intelligence for LNG, coal, iron ore, dirty petroleum products, clean petroleum products, and crude oil / condensate, as well as crude inventories data. Open to all IMF staff.

Commodity news and analysis, exchange-traded and OTC prices, specialist industry data, commodity fundamentals, and forecasts. Eikon Commodities brochure | Service has limited licensing/access: Limited to 300 users with Datastream accounts, and FIN department.

Comprehensive and detailed view of global mining industry activities. Open to all IMF staff.

Annual international trade statistics data for over 170 reporter countries/areas, detailed by commodities/service categories and partner countries.

Monthly indices and monthly averages of daily and weekly commodity prices since 1960. Open to all IMF staff.