Trading Economics

Economic indicators, commodity prices and country comparisons

Trading Economics provides economic indicators, market data and country statistics, including country overviews, latest reported country comparisons and current commodity prices reflecting reported trading days.

Get commodity prices

Get current commodity prices and price movements, in the same group order as the Trading Economics commodities page. Includes the Electricity section when requesting all; dates reflect the page’s reported trading day.

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CommodityOptional

Commodity name or group to return, for example "copper", "crude oil", "wheat", or "metals". Leave blank for all groups.

1 credit per completed run

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Example results

Commodity prices

Energy

Commodity	Price	Unit	Daily change	Daily move	Weekly move
Crude Oil	93.98	USD per barrel	1.3778	1.49%	3.82%
Brent	106.94	USD per barrel	1.6624	1.58%	7.75%
Natural gas	3.1377	USD per million British thermal units	0.0317	1.02%	5.82%
Gasoline	3.3266	USD per gallon	-0.0111	-0.33%	-4.61%
Heating Oil	4.8295	USD per gallon	0.0742	1.56%	-2.28%
Coal	146	USD per metric ton	2.25	1.57%	1.35%
EU Gas	71.61	EUR per megawatt-hour	-1.6447	-2.25%	-2.37%
UK Gas	181.41	British pence per therm	-4.22	-2.27%	-0.53%
Ethanol	2.13	USD per gallon	0.0125	0.59%	1.43%
Naphtha	811.83	USD per metric ton	-26.73	-3.19%	-3.27%
Propane	0.87	USD per gallon	-0.0183	-2.06%	3.72%
Uranium	89.3	USD per pound	-0.2	-0.22%	-0.45%
Methanol	3,545	CNY per metric ton	32	0.91%	1.63%
Coking Coal	266.5	USD per metric ton	0	0%	1.33%
LNG JKM	26.08	USD per million British thermal units	0.265	1.03%	0.35%
German Gas	74.42	EUR per megawatt-hour	1.544	2.12%	0.41%
Urals Oil	110.54	USD per barrel	-3.07	-2.7%	-4.24%

Metals

Commodity	Price	Unit	Daily change	Daily move	Weekly move
Gold	4,139.67	USD per troy ounce	24.69	0.6%	-5.15%
Silver	60.82	USD per troy ounce	0.1918	0.32%	-9.37%
Copper	6.5608	USD per pound	-0.0087	-0.13%	-2.94%
Steel	3,103	CNY per metric ton	0	0%	-0.13%
Lithium	126,350	CNY per metric ton	-6,800	-5.11%	-5.99%
Iron Ore CNY	702.5	CNY per metric ton	-2.5	-0.35%	-0.78%
Platinum	1,701.3	USD per troy ounce	-22.8	-1.32%	-6.8%
Scrap Aluminum	2,612.48	USD per metric ton	-1.1	-0.04%	0.21%
Iron Ore	96.92	USD per metric ton	-0.14	-0.14%	-0.61%
Silicon	8,505	CNY per metric ton	65	0.77%	0.65%
Scrap Steel	402	USD per metric ton	0	0%	-0.62%
Titanium	43.5	CNY per kilogram	0	0%	0%
HRC Steel	1,312.1	USD per metric ton	-7.9032	-0.6%	-0.37%
Aluminum Alloy	23,625	CNY per metric ton	-60	-0.25%	-0.8%
Cobalt Hydroxide	38,078.2	USD per metric ton	0	0%	-1.44%

Agricultural

Commodity	Price	Unit	Daily change	Daily move	Weekly move
Soybeans	1,290.46	US cents per bushel	2.2079	0.17%	-2.64%
Wheat	689.28	US cents per bushel	0.5334	0.08%	-3.9%
Lumber	532	USD per 1,000 board feet	-6	-1.12%	-0.56%
Palm Oil	4,664	MYR per metric ton	-8	-0.17%	-3.97%
Cheese	1.4331	USD per pound	-0.0099	-0.69%	-4.14%
Milk	16.1	USD per hundredweight	-0.02	-0.12%	-0.37%
Rubber	256.2	US cents per kilogram	2.2	0.87%	8.19%
Orange Juice	149.05	US cents per pound	-2.05	-1.36%	0.3%
Coffee	288.75	US cents per pound	10.15	3.64%	4.47%
Cotton	82.21	US cents per pound	-0.6537	-0.79%	-0.8%
Rice	16.48	USD per hundredweight	-0.105	-0.63%	2.87%
Canola	812.14	CAD per metric ton	3.1355	0.39%	-1.48%
Oat	416.27	US cents per bushel	-4.728	-1.12%	0.43%
Wool	1,845	AUD per 100 kilograms	0	0%	-0.65%
Sugar	18.56	US cents per pound	0.06	0.32%	0.92%
Cocoa	5,589	USD per metric ton	-30	-0.53%	4.45%
Tea	200.61	INR per kilogram	-0.7	-0.35%	-0.35%
Sunflower Oil	1,510.5	INR per 10 kilograms	9.2	0.61%	-5.02%
Rapeseed	536.5	EUR per metric ton	-11.5	-2.1%	-3.55%
Barley	2,960.5	INR per metric ton	19	0.65%	8.94%
Butter	4,200	EUR per metric ton	0	0%	-0.31%
Corn	524.19	US cents per bushel	1.1878	0.23%	-2.34%

Industrial

Commodity	Price	Unit	Daily change	Daily move	Weekly move
Bitumen	5,269	CNY per metric ton	113	2.19%	3.74%
Cobalt	39,640	USD per metric ton	0	0%	-0.1%
Lead	1,914.58	USD per metric ton	3.65	0.19%	-1.22%
Aluminum	3,251.5	USD per metric ton	-30	-0.91%	-0.44%
Tin	54,348	USD per metric ton	338	0.63%	1.2%
Zinc	3,867.65	USD per metric ton	6.1	0.16%	-1.12%
Nickel	16,147	USD per metric ton	2	0.01%	-2.52%
Molybdenum	620.5	CNY per kilogram	0	0%	0%
Palladium	1,216	USD per troy ounce	-6.5	-0.53%	-6.89%
Rhodium	9,250	USD per troy ounce	0	0%	1.09%
Phosphorus	1,021	CNY per metric ton	0	0%	0%
Polyethylene	8,204	CNY per metric ton	0	0%	-0.39%
Polyvinyl	4,781	CNY per metric ton	-27	-0.56%	0.44%
Polypropylene	8,597	CNY per metric ton	0	0%	0.55%
Synthetic Rubber	15,841.67	CNY per metric ton	275	1.77%	1.88%
Soda Ash	1,050	CNY per metric ton	0	0%	0%
Neodymium	947,500	CNY per metric ton	0	0%	-0.26%
Styrene	10,220	CNY per metric ton	140	1.39%	1.59%
Sulfur	7,735.67	CNY per metric ton	16.67	0.22%	0.35%
Tellurium	798.5	CNY per kilogram	0	0%	0%
Urea	457	USD per metric ton	-0.25	-0.05%	-0.65%
Di-ammonium	802.5	USD per metric ton	0	0%	0%
Magnesium	16,750	CNY per metric ton	-50	-0.3%	-0.59%
Gallium	1,740	CNY per kilogram	0	0%	-1.14%
Germanium	27,250	CNY per kilogram	0	0%	1.68%
Manganese	28.85	CNY per metric ton unit	0	0%	0%
Indium	5,250	CNY per kilogram	0	0%	-0.47%
Kraft Pulp	4,820	CNY per metric ton	-76	-1.55%	-2.39%

Livestock

Commodity	Price	Unit	Daily change	Daily move	Weekly move
Feeder Cattle	331.9	US cents per pound	-3.025	-0.9%	0.5%
Live Cattle	217.45	US cents per pound	-1.425	-0.65%	-1.58%
Lean Hogs	78.25	US cents per pound	0.025	0.03%	0.13%
Beef	359.95	BRL per 15 kilograms	1.15	0.32%	1.49%
Poultry	8.28	BRL per kilogram	0	0%	-0.72%
Eggs US	0.41	USD per dozen	0.0226	5.77%	22.3%
Eggs CH	3,805	CNY per metric ton	-39	-1.01%	-0.81%
Salmon	73.09	NOK per kilogram	3.32	4.76%	4.76%

Index

Commodity	Price	Unit	Daily change	Daily move	Weekly move
CRB Index	533.82	index points	-5.3645	-0.99%	-1.86%
SSE Commodity Index	6,903.4	index points	0.9991	0.01%	-1.93%
Commodity Index	737.15	index points	-0.5143	-0.07%	-0.12%
Containerized Freight Index	3,686.62	points	0	0%	-0.03%
TE Crack Spread Index	66.82	index points	-0.17	-0.25%	-10.87%
TE Grains Index	293.21	index points	0.44	0.15%	-2.01%
TE Metals Index	6,955.06	index points	-0.83	-0.01%	-2.37%
TE Soft Index	49.28	index points	-0.07	-0.14%	2.5%
EU Carbon Permits	86.17	EUR	-0.61	-0.7%	-0.49%
Wind Energy Index	22.79	USD	-0.18	-0.78%	-3.14%
Nuclear Energy Index	40.13	USD	-1.11	-2.69%	-7.09%
Solar Energy Index	43	USD	-1.09	-2.47%	-8.26%

Electricity

Commodity	Price	Unit	Daily change	Daily move	Weekly move
United Kingdom	146.69	GBP per megawatt-hour	4.6	3.24%	2.93%
Germany	145.04	EUR per megawatt-hour	0	0%	1.67%
France	102.09	EUR per megawatt-hour	1.3	1.29%	2.59%
Italy	203.02	EUR per megawatt-hour	-0.5311	-0.26%	-5.68%
Spain	130.1	EUR per megawatt-hour	-67.95	-34.31%	-16.61%

About the Trading Economics tool

Trading Economics, also known as TE, returns seven selected indicators for a country overview when given a country name.

List countries by indicator compares the latest reported value across a region; provide an indicator and optionally a region or maximum results.

Get commodity prices returns prices and price movements for a named commodity or group, or all groups when no commodity is supplied.

Built from tradingeconomics.com. Last checked Sep 29, 2026.

Actions

Get commodity prices

1 credit

What you provide

Field	Type	Required	Description
Commodity`commodity`	Text	Optional	Commodity name or group to return, for example "copper", "crude oil", "wheat", or "metals". Leave blank for all groups.Example: Copper

What you get

Field	Type	Description
Commodities`commodities`	List
Unit`commodities[].unit`	Text	Example: USD per barrel
Group`commodities[].group`	Text	Example: Energy
Price`commodities[].price`	Number	Example: 93.978
Page URL`commodities[].page_url`	Link	Example: https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/crude-oil
Commodity`commodities[].commodity`	Text	Example: Crude Oil
Price Date`commodities[].price_date`	Date	Example: 2026-09-29
Daily Change`commodities[].daily_change`	Number	Example: 1.3778
Daily (%)`commodities[].daily_percent`	Number	Example: 1.49
Weekly (%)`commodities[].weekly_percent`	Number	Example: 3.8199
Yearly (%)`commodities[].yearly_percent`	Number	Example: 50.6779
Monthly (%)`commodities[].monthly_percent`	Number	Example: 9.5823
Year to Date (%)`commodities[].year_to_date_percent`	Number	Example: 63.6674

Example result

For

JSON

{
  "commodities": [
    {
      "unit": "USD per barrel",
      "group": "Energy",
      "price": 93.978,
      "page_url": "https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/crude-oil",
      "commodity": "Crude Oil",
      "price_date": "2026-09-29",
      "daily_change": 1.3778,
      "daily_percent": 1.49,
      "weekly_percent": 3.8199,
      "yearly_percent": 50.6779,
      "monthly_percent": 9.5823,
      "year_to_date_percent": 63.6674
    },
    {
      "unit": "USD per barrel",
      "group": "Energy",
      "price": 106.942,
      "page_url": "https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/brent-crude-oil",
      "commodity": "Brent",
      "price_date": "2026-09-29",
      "daily_change": 1.6624,
      "daily_percent": 1.58,
      "weekly_percent": 7.7505,
      "yearly_percent": 61.9603,
      "monthly_percent": 18.1815,
      "year_to_date_percent": 75.7476
    },
    {
      "unit": "USD per million British thermal units",
      "group": "Energy",
      "price": 3.1377,
      "page_url": "https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/natural-gas",
      "commodity": "Natural gas",
      "price_date": "2026-09-29",
      "daily_change": 0.0317,
      "daily_percent": 1.02,
      "weekly_percent": 5.8246,
      "yearly_percent": -5.0045,
      "monthly_percent": 6.9063,
      "year_to_date_percent": -14.8752
    }
  ]
}

Get country overview

1 credit

Get seven key economic indicators for a country from its public Trading Economics overview. Indicators absent from the overview have null values; the US dollar index is not reported as a USD exchange rate.

What you provide

Field	Type	Required	Description
Country`country`	Text	Required	Country name, for example Brazil.Example: Brazil

What you get

Field	Type	Description
Country`country`	Text	Country name used on Trading Economics.Example: Brazil
Page URL`page_url`	Text	Country overview page.Example: https://tradingeconomics.com/brazil/indicators
Indicators`indicators`	List	Seven selected indicators from the country overview.
Unit`indicators[].unit`	Text	Example: Percent
Page URL`indicators[].page_url`	Text	Example: https://tradingeconomics.com/brazil/gdp-growth
Latest Value`indicators[].latest_value`	Number	Example: 0.5
Indicator Name`indicators[].indicator_name`	Text	Example: GDP Growth Rate
Previous Value`indicators[].previous_value`	Number	Example: 1.1
Reference Period`indicators[].reference_period`	Text	Example: Jun/26

Example result

For Country: Brazil

JSON

{
  "country": "Brazil",
  "page_url": "https://tradingeconomics.com/brazil/indicators",
  "indicators": [
    {
      "unit": "percent",
      "page_url": "https://tradingeconomics.com/brazil/gdp-growth",
      "latest_value": 0.5,
      "indicator_name": "GDP Growth Rate",
      "previous_value": 1.1,
      "reference_period": "Jun/26"
    },
    {
      "unit": "percent",
      "page_url": "https://tradingeconomics.com/brazil/inflation-cpi",
      "latest_value": 4.22,
      "indicator_name": "Inflation Rate",
      "previous_value": 4.44,
      "reference_period": "Aug/26"
    },
    {
      "unit": "percent",
      "page_url": "https://tradingeconomics.com/brazil/interest-rate",
      "latest_value": 13.75,
      "indicator_name": "Interest Rate",
      "previous_value": 14,
      "reference_period": "Sep/26"
    }
  ]
}

List countries by indicator

1 credit

Compare the latest reported value of an economic indicator across countries, highest first. World includes all listed countries; Australia uses the Oceania region. Values and available countries depend on Trading Economics.

What you provide

Field	Type	Required	Description
Region`region`	Text	Optional	Region to compare, for example europe. Default: world.Example: Europe
Indicator`indicator`	Text	Required	Economic indicator in words, for example inflation rate or GDP growth rate.Example: unemployment rate
Max Results`max_results`	Number	Optional	Maximum number of countries to return, for example 50.Example: 8

What you get

Field	Type	Description
Countries`countries`	List
Unit`countries[].unit`	Text	Example: %
Country`countries[].country`	Text	Example: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Page Link`countries[].page_link`	Text	Example: https://tradingeconomics.com/bosnia-and-herzegovina/unemployment-rate
Latest Value`countries[].latest_value`	Number	Example: 11.4
Previous Value`countries[].previous_value`	Number	Example: 11.1
Reference Period`countries[].reference_period`	Text	Example: Mar 2026
Indicator Name`indicator_name`	Text	Name of the indicator shown by Trading Economics.Example: Unemployment Rate

Example result

For Region: Europe, Indicator: unemployment rate, Max Results: 8

JSON

{
  "countries": [
    {
      "unit": "%",
      "country": "Bosnia and Herzegovina",
      "page_link": "https://tradingeconomics.com/bosnia-and-herzegovina/unemployment-rate",
      "latest_value": 11.4,
      "previous_value": 11.1,
      "reference_period": "Mar 2026"
    },
    {
      "unit": "%",
      "country": "Macedonia",
      "page_link": "https://tradingeconomics.com/macedonia/unemployment-rate",
      "latest_value": 11.3,
      "previous_value": 11.3,
      "reference_period": "Jun 2026"
    },
    {
      "unit": "%",
      "country": "Kosovo",
      "page_link": "https://tradingeconomics.com/kosovo/unemployment-rate",
      "latest_value": 10.8,
      "previous_value": 10.9,
      "reference_period": "Dec 2024"
    }
  ],
  "indicator_name": "Unemployment Rate"
}

For developers

Call it from your code with one request. Change the values in input to run it on new data. To get an API key, open Developers at the bottom of Studio, turn on Developer mode and go to API keys.

cURL

curl 'https://api.fous.com/v1/query' \
  --fail-with-body --silent --show-error --max-time 180 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{
  "api": "@trading-economics",
  "visibility": "public",
  "operation": "get_commodity_prices",
  "version": 1,
  "input": {},
  "response": {
    "format": "json"
  }
}'

What you can do with it

Review key indicators for a country
Compare an economic indicator across countries
Track commodity prices and daily movements
Analyze commodity price changes over time

Questions about Trading Economics

Can I run it with my own inputs?

Yes. Change the inputs in Studio and press Run, or send new inputs from your code, or ask a connected AI assistant.

Can I call this Trading Economics tool as an API?

Yes. Send a POST request to /v1/query with your Fous API key and the inputs, and get JSON back.

How much does it cost?

Each completed run costs 1 credit. Failed runs without a completed receipt are free; completed work can remain charged if delivery is interrupted. With pay as you go, a credit costs 1¢. Monthly plans cost less per credit.

Do I need a Trading Economics account?

No. You only need a Fous account.

How current is the data?

Fous gets the data from tradingeconomics.com when you run it. Some results are reused for up to 24 hours, and results that use your account or key are never reused. It was last verified on Sep 29, 2026.