Historical Year Data · 2008

Global Commodity Price Index in 2008

Global Commodity Price Index opened 2008 at 154.37 and closed at 101.83, a -34.04% move for the year. The high of 200.81 was reached on July 1, and the low of 101.83 on December 1.

Open

154.37

2008-01

101.83

12 data points

High

200.81

Jul 1

Low

101.83

Dec 1

Full Year Change

-34.04%

2007 Change

+33.23%

Monthly Breakdown

Month	Open	Close	High	Low	Change
Jan	154.37	154.37	154.37	154.37	+0.00%
Feb	161.42	161.42	161.42	161.42	+0.00%
Mar	171.16	171.16	171.16	171.16	+0.00%
Apr	177.78	177.78	177.78	177.78	+0.00%
May	190.23	190.23	190.23	190.23	+0.00%
Jun	199.22	199.22	199.22	199.22	+0.00%
Jul	200.81	200.81	200.81	200.81	+0.00%
Aug	179.83	179.83	179.83	179.83	+0.00%
Sep	164.87	164.87	164.87	164.87	+0.00%
Oct	134.84	134.84	134.84	134.84	+0.00%
Nov	114.36	114.36	114.36	114.36	+0.00%
Dec	101.83	101.83	101.83	101.83	+0.00%

Events During 2008

2008 Financial Crisis

Deflation

September 2007 – March 2009

The 2008 Financial Crisis remains the deepest and most instructive market event of the 21st century. Subprime losses cascaded through leveraged balance sheets, froze interbank lending, and forced unprecedented central bank intervention.

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