Variety

Acronym/Ports

Period and Source

No. 2 Dark Northern Spring Wheat,

14% Protein

DNS

Japan, Pacific and Gulf

Gulf

Rotterdam

Rotterdam

Rotterdam

1975:09 to 1981:10 World Wheat Statistics

1974:01 to 2001:12 World Wheat (or Grain) Statistics

1974:01 to 1990:12 World Wheat (or Grain) Statistics

1989:06 to 1995:10 US Department of Agriculture

Wheat Situation & Outlook Report

1994:07 to 2001:12 World Grain Statistics

No. 2 Western White Wheat

WW

Japan and Pacific

1975:09 to 1981:10 World Wheat Statistics

No. 2 Hard Winter

Wheat, 13% Protein

HW13

Japan and Gulf

1976:01 to 1981:07 World Wheat Statistics

Hard Winter Wheat,

Ordinary

HWO

Gulf and Pacific

1974:01 to 1999:02 World Wheat (or Grain) Statistics

No. 2 Western White

Wheat

WW

Japan and Pacific

1975:09 to 1981:10 World Wheat Statistics

No. 2 Yellow Corn

YC

Rotterdam and Gulf

1987:01-1998:06 UN Conference on Trade and

Development, Handbook of Statistics

Shipping rates

Gulf-Rotterdam, Gulf-Japan, Pacific-Japan

1974:01 to 2001:12 World Wheat (or Grain) Statistics

No. 2 Diesel Fuel

Gulf, New York, Los Angeles, Rotterdam and Singapore

1993:10 or 1995:05 WWW.ECONSTATS.COM

to 2007:02 or 2007:10 EIA Daily Energy Spot Prices

Fuel Oil

Gulf, New York, Los Angeles, Rotterdam and Singapore

1995:05 to 2007:10 WWW.ECONSTATS.COM

EIA Daily Energy Spot Prices

Gasoline, Regular

Gulf, New York, Los Angeles, Rotterdam and Singapore

1992:07to 2007:10 WWW.ECONSTATS.COM

EIA Daily Energy Spot Prices

Jet Fuel

Gulf, New York, Los Angeles, Rotterdam and Singapore

1990:09 to 2007:10 WWW.ECONSTATS.COM

EIA Daily Energy Spot Prices

Rubber

Malay and UK

1974:01 to 1979:12a Protopapadakis and Stoll (1986)¨**

Silver

US and UK

1972:07 to 1980:05a Protopapadakis and Stoll (1986)†

Tin

US and UK

1974:01 to 1980:07a Protopapadakis and Stoll (1986)¨**