Commodities · Precious metals
World Bank Commodity Price Data (The Pink Sheet): monthly averages of world benchmark prices in U.S. dollars. Each month's price times the latest CPI over the CPI of its month (CPI-U, not seasonally adjusted).
| Year | Average | Year close |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | $398.76 | $395.73 |
| 1961 | $394.53 | $393.10 |
| 1962 | $389.86 | $387.92 |
| 1963 | $385.08 | $381.65 |
| 1964 | $380.22 | $377.98 |
| 1965 | $374.29 | $370.85 |
| 1966 | $363.37 | $358.45 |
| 1967 | $353.56 | $347.87 |
| 1968 | $376.89 | $389.14 |
| 1969 | $376.25 | $312.81 |
| 1970 | $310.96 | $313.24 |
| 1971 | $340.37 | $352.52 |
Source: World Bank Commodity Price Data (The Pink Sheet): Gold; FRED CPIAUCNS (Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items in U.S. City Average). Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The World Bank, CC BY 4.0.
Gray bands mark U.S. recessions as dated by the NBER (FRED USREC).
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