Index Of Commodity Prices – January 2026

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Summary:

Preliminary estimates for January indicate that the index increased by 4.6 per cent (on a monthlyaverage basis) in SDR terms, after increasing by 1.7 per cent in December.

Preliminary estimates for January indicate that the index increased by 4.6 per cent (on a monthlyaverage basis) in SDR terms, after increasing by 1.7 per cent in December. The non-rural, ruraland base metals subindices all increased in the month. In Australian dollar terms, the indexincreased by 2.6 per cent in January.

Over the past year, the index has increased by 2.6 per cent in SDR terms. Decreases in the pricesof iron ore, oil, and coking coal have been more than offset by increases in gold, lithium andrural commodity prices. The index has decreased by 0.9 per cent in Australian dollar terms.

Consistent with previous releases, preliminary estimates for iron ore, coking coal, and LNGexport prices are being used for the most recent months, based on market information. Using spotprices for the bulk commodities index, the index increased by 5.4 per cent in January in SDRterms, to be 5.3 per cent higher over the past year.

For further details regarding the construction of the index, please refer to'Changes to the RBA Index of Commodity Prices: 2013'in the March 2013 issue of the Bulletin and 'Weights for the Index of Commodity Prices' (April 2025).

Details are in the attached table and graph.

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Source: RBA

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Index Of Commodity Prices – January 2026

Source: RBA

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