Sentence examples for index of commodities from inspiring English sources

An index of commodities slumped.

An unweighted index of commodities futures prices published by the Commodity Research Bureau rose 11.1percentt in 2000, largely because of sharp gains in energy prices.

After a rough ride in 2013, The Economist's all-items index of commodities has risen by 5% since the start of 2014.

The Economist's all-items index of commodities has fallen by 25% since early 2011, signalling an end to the boom in non-energy commodity prices.

C1 Concern Over Commodities A closely watched index of commodities rose to a 24-year high as the prices of crude oil, home heating oil and copper neared their record highs.

According to a classic study by Eugene Lerner in 1956, a standard price index of commodities rose from 100 at the beginning of the war to more than 9200 by the war's de facto end in April 1865.

This week the RBA also released its latest index of commodity prices.

The Reuters-Jefferies CRB index of commodity prices has risen by 20 percent since the end of August.

Indeed, an index of commodity prices, less food and energy, shows no change from last year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.

The Economist's all-items index of commodity prices reached a record high early in 2011, 120% above its low in 2008.

Scrap metal, like the bed frame taken by Mr. Bosque, can be sold for up to $250 a ton, five times the price of a decade ago, according to a widely recognized index of commodity prices published by Waste News, a trade publication.