Global data

What US pipelines charge to move gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and other refined products: the Bureau of Labor Statistics producer price index for pipeline transportation of refined petroleum products.

Index (Jun 1986=100) · Monthly

What US crude oil pipelines charge to move oil: the Bureau of Labor Statistics producer price index for pipeline transportation of crude oil.

Index (Jun 1986=100) · Monthly

The average price Japan pays for imported liquefied natural gas (LNG), a benchmark for Asian gas, from the World Bank's Pink Sheet.

US$ per million Btu · Monthly

The daily spot price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil at Cushing, Oklahoma, the US oil benchmark, from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

US$ per barrel · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

The daily spot price of natural gas at Henry Hub, Louisiana, the US gas benchmark and the basis of most US LNG export contracts, from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

US$ per million Btu · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

The daily spot price of Brent crude oil, the benchmark for most of the world's internationally traded oil, from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

US$ per barrel · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Tankers passing through the Suez Canal each day, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals. The canal links the Mediterranean with the Red Sea, the shortest sea route between Europe and Asia.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz each day, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals. The strait is the only sea route out of the Persian Gulf, carrying the oil and gas exports of the Gulf states.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Tankers passing through the Malacca Strait each day, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals. The strait between the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra is the main sea route between the Indian Ocean and East Asia.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Tankers passing through the Bosporus Strait each day, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals. The strait joins the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara, the Black Sea's only sea route to the Mediterranean.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Tankers passing through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait each day, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals. The strait joins the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden, on the sea route to and from the Suez Canal.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

The monthly price of zinc on the London Metal Exchange (LME), from the World Bank's Pink Sheet.

US$ per metric ton · Monthly

The monthly price of refined tin on the London Metal Exchange (LME), a solder metal for electronics, from the World Bank's Pink Sheet.

US$ per metric ton · Monthly · Projection to 2026

The monthly price of nickel on the London Metal Exchange (LME), a battery and stainless-steel metal, from the World Bank's Pink Sheet.

US$ per metric ton · Monthly

The monthly price of iron ore delivered to China, the world's largest buyer, from the World Bank's Pink Sheet.

US$ per dry metric ton · Monthly

The monthly price of natural gas in Europe, the Dutch TTF hub price since 2015, from the World Bank's Pink Sheet.

US$ per million Btu · Monthly

The monthly price of Dubai crude, the benchmark for Middle Eastern oil sold to Asia, from the World Bank's Pink Sheet.

US$ per barrel · Monthly

The monthly price of copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME), from the World Bank's Pink Sheet.

US$ per metric ton · Monthly · Projection to 2026

The monthly price of Australian thermal coal shipped from Newcastle, the benchmark for Asia's power-station coal, from the World Bank's Pink Sheet.

US$ per metric ton · Monthly

The monthly price of primary aluminum on the London Metal Exchange (LME), from the World Bank's Pink Sheet.

US$ per metric ton · Monthly

The dollar's value against the currencies of the United States' main trading partners, weighted by trade, from the Federal Reserve Board: higher is a stronger dollar.

Index (Jan 2006=100) · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

The gap between the 10-year and 3-month U.S. Treasury yields, each trading day: the yield-curve spread the New York Fed's recession model is built on.

Percentage points · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

The gap between the 10-year and 2-year U.S. Treasury yields, each trading day: the other widely followed measure of the yield curve's slope.

Percentage points · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

The inflation rate over the next five years at which ordinary and inflation-protected Treasury notes pay the same: a market-based reading of inflation expectations.

Percent per year · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

The average inflation rate over the next ten years at which ordinary and inflation-protected Treasury notes pay the same: a market-based reading of longer-term inflation expectations.

Percent per year · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

The average inflation rate the Treasury market implies for the five years that begin five years from now: a gauge of long-run inflation expectations.

Percent per year · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

The New York Fed's estimate, from the 10-year minus 3-month Treasury spread, of the probability of a U.S. recession twelve months ahead.

Percent probability · Monthly

A weekly measure of stress in U.S. financial markets built from interest rates, yield spreads and volatility: zero is normal, above zero more stress than usual.

Index (0 = normal conditions) · Weekly

The average spread of U.S. corporate bond yields over Treasury yields of the same duration, from the Federal Reserve Board: a broad measure of what companies pay to borrow over the government.

Percentage points · Monthly

The part of U.S. corporate credit spreads not explained by companies' default risk: a measure of how much compensation bond investors demand for bearing credit risk.

Percentage points · Monthly

A weekly summary of U.S. money markets, debt and equity markets and the banking system: positive values are tighter financial conditions than average, negative values looser.

Index (average = 0, standard deviation = 1) · Weekly

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York's Global Supply Chain Pressure Index, which combines shipping and air freight costs with manufacturing survey data from seven major economies into one gauge of global supply chain strain. Values are standard deviations from the index's historical average; zero is normal and positive readings mean above-average pressure.

Standard deviations from average · Monthly

Combined monthly container throughput of the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach — the San Pedro Bay port complex, the largest container gateway in the United States — in TEUs.

TEUs · Monthly · Projection to 2027

Number of containerships waiting for a berth at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, including ships at anchor and in drift or holding areas. Counted in vessels, usually as a Tuesday snapshot.

Vessels · Weekly

Monthly container throughput at the Port of Oakland, Northern California's main container gateway, in TEUs including full imports, full exports and empty containers.

TEUs · Monthly · Projection to 2027

Monthly container throughput at the Port of Los Angeles, the busiest container port in the United States, in TEUs including loaded imports, loaded exports and empty containers.

TEUs · Monthly · Projection to 2026

Monthly container throughput at the Port of Long Beach, the second-busiest US container port, in TEUs including loaded imports, loaded exports and empty containers.

TEUs · Monthly · Projection to 2027

The Producer Price Index for the US deep sea freight transportation industry (NAICS 483111), which tracks the prices US-based carriers receive for moving cargo by sea to and from foreign ports. Index, June 1988 = 100, not seasonally adjusted.

Index (Jun 1988=100) · Monthly

Average retail price of No. 2 diesel fuel (all types) at service stations in California, including taxes, in US dollars per gallon, measured weekly.

US$ per gallon · Weekly · Projection to 2027

Total container volume handled by The Northwest Seaport Alliance, the joint cargo operation of the Ports of Seattle and Tacoma, in twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) per month. Includes international imports and exports, loaded and empty, and domestic trade with Alaska and Hawaii.

TEUs · Monthly · Projection to 2027

How much freight the US for-hire transportation industry moves each month, across trucking, rail, pipelines, inland waterways and air: the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' Freight Transportation Services Index.

Index (2000=100) · Monthly

What US trucking companies charge to move full truckloads over long distances: the Bureau of Labor Statistics producer price index for long-distance truckload freight.

Index (Dec 2003=100) · Monthly

What US freight railroads charge to haul goods: the Bureau of Labor Statistics producer price index for line-haul railroads.

Index (Dec 1984=100) · Monthly · Projection to 2031

What US airlines charge to fly freight on scheduled flights: the Bureau of Labor Statistics producer price index for scheduled freight air transportation.

Index (Dec 2003=100) · Monthly

Ships calling at Port Klang each day to load or unload cargo, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

An estimate of the cargo unloaded and loaded at Port Klang each day, in metric tons, from IMF PortWatch ship-tracking data.

Metric tons · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

The daily wholesale spot price of ultra-low-sulfur diesel in New York Harbor, the benchmark for the fuel that trucks and trains run on, from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

US$ per gallon · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

The daily spot price of kerosene-type jet fuel on the US Gulf Coast, the largest single cost for air freight carriers, from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

US$ per gallon · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Ships passing through the Yucatán Channel each day, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals. The channel links the Caribbean Sea with the Gulf of Mexico.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Ships passing through the Windward Passage each day, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals. The passage links the Atlantic with the Caribbean, on the route between the US East Coast and the Panama Canal.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Ships passing through the Tsugaru Strait each day, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals. The strait links the Sea of Japan with the Pacific Ocean.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Ships passing through the Torres Strait each day, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals. The strait links the Coral Sea with the Arafura Sea.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Ships passing through the Taiwan Strait each day, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals. The strait carries shipping between Northeast and Southeast Asia.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Ships passing through the Sunda Strait each day, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals. The strait links the Java Sea with the Indian Ocean.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Ships passing through the Suez Canal each day, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals. The canal links the Mediterranean with the Red Sea, the shortest sea route between Europe and Asia.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

An estimate of the cargo carried through the Suez Canal each day, in metric tons, from IMF PortWatch. The canal links the Mediterranean with the Red Sea, the shortest sea route between Europe and Asia.

Metric tons · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Ships passing through the Strait of Magellan each day, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals. The strait through southern Chile is a passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific that avoids the Panama Canal.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz each day, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals. The strait is the only sea route out of the Persian Gulf, carrying the oil and gas exports of the Gulf states.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

An estimate of the cargo carried through the Strait of Hormuz each day, in metric tons, from IMF PortWatch. The strait is the only sea route out of the Persian Gulf, carrying the oil and gas exports of the Gulf states.

Metric tons · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Ships passing through the Strait of Gibraltar each day, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals. The strait is the Mediterranean's western entrance from the Atlantic.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

An estimate of the cargo carried through the Strait of Gibraltar each day, in metric tons, from IMF PortWatch. The strait is the Mediterranean's western entrance from the Atlantic.

Metric tons · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Ships calling at the Port of Singapore each day to load or unload cargo, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

An estimate of the cargo unloaded and loaded at the Port of Singapore each day, in metric tons, from IMF PortWatch ship-tracking data.

Metric tons · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Ships calling at the Port of Shanghai each day to load or unload cargo, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

An estimate of the cargo unloaded and loaded at the Port of Shanghai each day, in metric tons, from IMF PortWatch ship-tracking data.

Metric tons · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Ships calling at the Port of Santos each day to load or unload cargo, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

An estimate of the cargo unloaded and loaded at the Port of Santos each day, in metric tons, from IMF PortWatch ship-tracking data.

Metric tons · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Ships calling at the Port of Rotterdam each day to load or unload cargo, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

An estimate of the cargo unloaded and loaded at the Port of Rotterdam each day, in metric tons, from IMF PortWatch ship-tracking data.

Metric tons · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Ships calling at the Port of Ningbo each day to load or unload cargo, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

An estimate of the cargo unloaded and loaded at the Port of Ningbo each day, in metric tons, from IMF PortWatch ship-tracking data.

Metric tons · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Ships calling at the Port of New York and New Jersey each day to load or unload cargo, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

An estimate of the cargo unloaded and loaded at the Port of New York and New Jersey each day, in metric tons, from IMF PortWatch ship-tracking data.

Metric tons · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Ships calling at the Port of Jebel Ali each day to load or unload cargo, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

An estimate of the cargo unloaded and loaded at the Port of Jebel Ali each day, in metric tons, from IMF PortWatch ship-tracking data.

Metric tons · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Ships calling at the Port of Hong Kong each day to load or unload cargo, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

An estimate of the cargo unloaded and loaded at the Port of Hong Kong each day, in metric tons, from IMF PortWatch ship-tracking data.

Metric tons · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Ships calling at the Port of Hamburg each day to load or unload cargo, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

An estimate of the cargo unloaded and loaded at the Port of Hamburg each day, in metric tons, from IMF PortWatch ship-tracking data.

Metric tons · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Ships calling at the Port of Busan each day to load or unload cargo, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

An estimate of the cargo unloaded and loaded at the Port of Busan each day, in metric tons, from IMF PortWatch ship-tracking data.

Metric tons · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Ships calling at the Port of Antwerp each day to load or unload cargo, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

An estimate of the cargo unloaded and loaded at the Port of Antwerp each day, in metric tons, from IMF PortWatch ship-tracking data.

Metric tons · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Ships passing through the Panama Canal each day, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals. The canal links the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; its locks run on fresh water from Gatun Lake, so droughts can limit transits.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

An estimate of the cargo carried through the Panama Canal each day, in metric tons, from IMF PortWatch. The canal links the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; its locks run on fresh water from Gatun Lake, so droughts can limit transits.

Metric tons · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Ships passing through the Øresund Strait each day, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals. The sound between Denmark and Sweden is one of the entrances to the Baltic Sea.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Ships passing through the Ombai Strait each day, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals. The strait north of Timor is a deep-water route through eastern Indonesia.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Ships passing through the Mona Passage each day, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals. The passage links the Atlantic with the Caribbean.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Ships passing through the Mindoro Strait each day, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals. The strait links the South China Sea with the Sulu Sea.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Ships passing through the Malacca Strait each day, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals. The strait between the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra is the main sea route between the Indian Ocean and East Asia.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

An estimate of the cargo carried through the Malacca Strait each day, in metric tons, from IMF PortWatch. The strait between the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra is the main sea route between the Indian Ocean and East Asia.

Metric tons · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Ships passing through the Makassar Strait each day, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals. The strait carries ships between the Lombok Strait and the Pacific.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Ships passing through the Luzon Strait each day, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals. The strait links the South China Sea with the Pacific Ocean.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Ships passing through the Lombok Strait each day, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals. The deep-water strait links the Indian Ocean with the Java Sea and takes ships too deep for the Malacca Strait.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Ships passing through the Korea Strait each day, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals. The strait links the Sea of Japan (East Sea) with the East China Sea.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Ships passing through the Kerch Strait each day, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals. The strait is the only sea route between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Ships passing through the Dover Strait each day, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals. The strait joins the English Channel to the North Sea, the route to northern Europe's main ports.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

An estimate of the cargo carried through the Dover Strait each day, in metric tons, from IMF PortWatch. The strait joins the English Channel to the North Sea, the route to northern Europe's main ports.

Metric tons · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Ships passing through the Cape of Good Hope each day, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals. Ships sailing around southern Africa pass the Cape, the long way between Europe and Asia when the Suez route is avoided.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Ships passing through the Bosporus Strait each day, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals. The strait joins the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara, the Black Sea's only sea route to the Mediterranean.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

An estimate of the cargo carried through the Bosporus Strait each day, in metric tons, from IMF PortWatch. The strait joins the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara, the Black Sea's only sea route to the Mediterranean.

Metric tons · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Ships passing through the Bohai Strait each day, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals. The strait at the mouth of the Bohai Sea is the sea route to northern Chinese ports such as Tianjin.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Ships passing through the Bering Strait each day, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals. The strait is the Pacific gateway to the Arctic sea routes.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Ships passing through the Balabac Strait each day, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals. The strait links the South China Sea with the Sulu Sea.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Ships passing through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait each day, counted by IMF PortWatch from ship-tracking signals. The strait joins the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden, on the sea route to and from the Suez Canal.

Ships · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

An estimate of the cargo carried through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait each day, in metric tons, from IMF PortWatch. The strait joins the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden, on the sea route to and from the Suez Canal.

Metric tons · Daily · chart smoothed (rolling average)

Producer price index for US marine cargo handling (stevedoring and marine terminal services, NAICS 488320), tracking the prices these firms receive for their services. Monthly index, December 1991 = 100, not seasonally adjusted.

Index (Dec 1991=100) · Monthly

Monthly value of fishery product imports (edible and nonedible) entering the United States through Customs District 27, Los Angeles, CA, in millions of US dollars.

US$ millions · Monthly · Projection to 2027

Full import containers handled at the Port of Oakland each month, in TEUs. Empty containers are not counted.

TEUs · Monthly

Full import TEUs per full export TEU at the Port of Oakland each month: how many full containers arrive for every full container shipped out. Empty containers are not counted.

Ratio · Monthly

Full export containers shipped from the Port of Oakland each month, in TEUs. Empty containers sent back overseas are not counted.

TEUs · Monthly

Loaded (full) containers as a percentage of all container volume handled at the Port of Oakland each month, in TEUs. The rest are empty containers moving in or out.

Percent · Monthly

Loaded (full) import containers handled at the Port of Los Angeles each month, in TEUs. Empty containers are not counted.

TEUs · Monthly

Loaded import TEUs per loaded export TEU at the Port of Los Angeles each month: how many full containers arrive for every full container shipped out. Empty containers are not counted.

Ratio · Monthly

Loaded (full) export containers shipped from the Port of Los Angeles each month, in TEUs. Empty containers sent back overseas are not counted.

TEUs · Monthly

Loaded (full) containers as a percentage of all container volume handled at the Port of Los Angeles each month, in TEUs. The rest are empty containers, mostly returned to Asia as empty exports.

Percent · Monthly

The monthly export price of US hard red winter wheat at the Gulf of Mexico, a world benchmark for bread wheat, from the World Bank's Pink Sheet.

US$ per metric ton · Monthly · Projection to 2026

The monthly price of urea, the most widely used nitrogen fertilizer, from the World Bank's Pink Sheet.

US$ per metric ton · Monthly

The monthly world price of raw sugar, from the World Bank's Pink Sheet.

US$ per kilogram · Monthly

The monthly export price of soybeans, from the World Bank's Pink Sheet.

US$ per metric ton · Monthly

The monthly export price of Thai white rice, the main benchmark for the world rice trade, from the World Bank's Pink Sheet.

US$ per metric ton · Monthly

The monthly price of potash (potassium chloride), the main potassium fertilizer, from the World Bank's Pink Sheet.

US$ per metric ton · Monthly · Projection to 2026

The monthly price of Malaysian palm oil, the world's most traded vegetable oil, from the World Bank's Pink Sheet.

US$ per metric ton · Monthly

The monthly export price of US maize (corn) at the Gulf of Mexico, the main benchmark for world feed grain, from the World Bank's Pink Sheet.

US$ per metric ton · Monthly

The monthly price of diammonium phosphate (DAP), the main phosphate fertilizer, from the World Bank's Pink Sheet.

US$ per metric ton · Monthly

The monthly price of cocoa beans, from the World Bank's Pink Sheet.

US$ per kilogram · Monthly

The monthly price of arabica coffee, from the World Bank's Pink Sheet.

US$ per kilogram · Monthly

A CK Economics proprietary composite of how fast the U.S. economy is moving: industrial production, real retail sales, payrolls, real goods trade and container port activity, in standard deviations from their 1992–2019 pace. Not an official statistic.

Standard deviations from the 1992–2019 average pace · Monthly

New claims for state unemployment insurance each week, seasonally adjusted: one of the timeliest readings of layoffs in the U.S. economy.

Claims · Weekly

How far the three-month average U.S. unemployment rate sits above its low of the previous twelve months, as the data stood at the time: the Sahm rule.

Percentage points · Monthly