Commodities (PDBC)

Broad commodity basket spanning energy, metals, and agriculture — a direct inflation input.

$17.2

Trend YoY growth is +10.3%, accelerating by 46 bps/year over the last 9Y. Deviations have remained above trend for 37 consecutive periods. Latest: +41.2%, 30.9 pp above trend, a 2.2σ deviation. The latest YoY reading is boosted by 17.4 pp due to an easy comparison base from Apr 14.

Level

YoY %

y = 6.2% + 46 bps/yr · t

Deviation from trend

Forecast

Projected value by forecast vintage (USD)

Projected value (USD)

Forecast made inSep '25Oct '25Nov '25Dec '25Jan '26Feb '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26Jun '26Jul '26Aug '26Sep '26Oct '26Nov '26Dec '26Jan '27Feb '27Mar '27Apr '27May '27MAPE
Sep '25$12.9$13.4$13.5$13.9$14.6$15.0$15.6$14.5$14.9$15.8$16.5$16.7$17.2$17.8$18.3$18.6$20.8$21.7$25.6$25.8$22.842%
Oct '25$13.1$13.1$13.5$14.0$14.3$14.8$13.7$14.1$14.8$15.4$15.5$16.0$16.4$16.8$17.1$18.9$19.7$23.2$23.3$19.343%
Nov '25$13.2$13.3$13.8$14.0$14.4$13.3$13.5$14.2$14.8$14.8$15.1$15.5$15.8$16.0$17.7$18.4$21.5$21.6$17.152%
Dec '25$13.3$13.7$13.9$14.3$13.2$13.4$14.1$14.6$14.6$14.9$15.3$15.6$15.7$17.4$18.0$21.1$21.1$16.760%
Jan '26$14.5$14.0$14.4$13.3$13.5$14.2$14.7$14.7$15.1$15.4$15.7$15.9$17.6$18.2$21.3$21.3$16.963%
Feb '26$14.9$14.5$13.4$13.6$14.3$14.8$14.9$15.2$15.6$15.9$16.1$17.8$18.5$21.7$21.7$17.470%
Mar '26$17.3$14.9$15.5$16.7$17.7$18.1$18.9$19.7$20.6$21.2$23.9$25.2$30.0$30.5$28.341%
Apr '26$17.2$16.1$17.5$18.7$19.3$20.3$21.2$22.3$23.0$26.1$27.6$33.0$33.7$32.6
May '26$16.1$17.5$18.7$19.3$20.3$21.2$22.3$23.0$26.1$27.6$33.0$33.7$32.6

YoY change forecast

Forecast made inSep '25Oct '25Nov '25Dec '25Jan '26Feb '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26Jun '26Jul '26Aug '26Sep '26Oct '26Nov '26Dec '26Jan '27Feb '27Mar '27Apr '27May '27MAPE
Sep '25+2.8%+6.7%+9.1%+11.5%+14.0%+16.5%+18.7%+21.2%+23.6%+26.0%+28.4%+30.9%+33.4%+35.8%+38.2%+40.6%+43.1%+45.6%+47.8%+50.3%+52.7%42%
Oct '25+4.9%+5.9%+7.7%+9.5%+11.2%+12.9%+14.6%+16.4%+18.2%+19.9%+21.7%+23.5%+25.2%+27.0%+28.7%+30.5%+32.3%+33.9%+35.7%+37.4%43%
Nov '25+7.3%+6.2%+7.4%+8.7%+9.8%+11.0%+12.2%+13.4%+14.6%+15.8%+17.1%+18.3%+19.5%+20.7%+21.9%+23.2%+24.3%+25.5%+26.7%52%
Dec '25+4.8%+7.2%+8.3%+9.3%+10.3%+11.4%+12.5%+13.5%+14.6%+15.6%+16.7%+17.8%+18.8%+19.9%+20.9%+21.9%+23.0%+24.0%60%
Jan '26+13.3%+8.6%+9.7%+10.8%+11.9%+13.1%+14.2%+15.3%+16.4%+17.5%+18.7%+19.8%+20.9%+22.1%+23.1%+24.2%+25.3%63%
Feb '26+16.0%+10.3%+11.5%+12.8%+14.1%+15.3%+16.6%+17.8%+19.1%+20.3%+21.6%+22.9%+24.1%+25.3%+26.6%+27.8%70%
Mar '26+31.8%+24.1%+28.5%+33.1%+37.5%+42.0%+46.6%+51.0%+55.5%+59.9%+64.4%+69.0%+73.1%+77.6%+82.0%41%
Apr '26+41.2%+33.8%+39.6%+45.2%+51.0%+56.8%+62.4%+68.2%+73.8%+79.6%+85.3%+90.6%+96.4%+102.0%
May '26+33.8%+39.6%+45.2%+51.0%+56.8%+62.4%+68.2%+73.8%+79.6%+85.3%+90.6%+96.4%+102.0%

Forecasts use ordinary least-squares linear regression fitted to the YoY change series over a rolling 6M window. Each row shows a vintage — the forecast as it would have appeared at that point in time. Projected values apply the forecasted YoY change to the prior year's level, chaining forward where actuals are unavailable. MAPE measures forecast accuracy against realized values. These are mechanical trend extrapolations, not economic models.