Luciana Juvenal and Ivan Petrella, "Speculation in the Oil Market", Journal of Applied Econometrics, Vol. 30, No. 4, 2015, pp. 621-649. Data are in an ASCII text file called DATA_JP2013.txt, which has tab delimiters. It is zipped in the file jp-data.zip. Unix/Linux users should use "unzip -a". Details on the data (sources, whether seasonally adjusted, coverage and stationarity transformation) can be found in Appendix A of the paper. List of variables: Column Variable OIL AND WORLD VARIABLES 1 World Oil Production 2 Aggregate Industrial Production 3 Average World Price of Oil 4 Inventories of Oil (OECD) 5 Oil Price Spot-Future Spread COMMODITY PRICES 6 U.K.: Commodity Price: Gold {London} (US$/Troy Ounce) 7 U.S.: Commodity Price: Silver {NY} (US Cts/Troy oz) 8 U.K.: Commodity Price: Copper {London} (US$/MT) 9 Canada: Commodity Price: Aluminum, All origins {London} (US$/MT) 10 Canada: Commodity Price: Nickel {N.European Ports} (US$/MT) 11 Brazil: Commodity Price: Iron Ore {North Sea Ports} (US Cents/DMTU) 12 U.K.: Commodity Price: Zinc {London} (US$/MT) 13 Malaysia: Commodity Price: Rubber {Singapore} (US Cts/lb) 14 Malaysia: Commodity Price: Timber: Hardwood Logs, Sarawak (US$/c met) 15 U.S.: Commodity Price: Cotton {Liverpool Index} (US Cts/Lb) 16 U.S.: Commodity Price: Tobacco {All Markets} (US$/MT) 17 U.K.: Commodity Price: Sunflower Oil {NW European Ports} (US$/metric ton) 18 Malaysia: Commodity Price: Palm Oil {N.W. Europe} (US$/met ton) 19 World: Commodity Price: Sugar, Caribbean {NY} (US Cts/lb) 20 U.S.: Commodity Price: Soybeans {Rotterdam} (US$/Metric Ton) 21 Argentina: Commodity Prices: Unit Values, Wheat (US$/MT) 22 Thailand: Wholesale Commodity Prices: Rice (US$/met ton) 23 U.S.: Commodity Price: Maize, US #2 Yellow {US Gulf Ports} (US$/MT) 24 Brazil: Commodity Price: Coffee {New York} (US Cts/lb) 25 Ghana: Wholesale Commodity Price: Cacao {NY & London} (US$/MT) REAL GDP 26 US 27 UK 28 France 29 Germany 30 Italy 31 Canada 32 Japan PERSONAL CONSUMPTION (Real) 33 US 34 UK 35 France 36 Germany 37 Italy 38 Canada 39 Japan INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION 40 US 41 UK 42 France 43 Germany 44 Italy 45 Canada 46 Japan EMPLOYMENT 47 US 48 UK 49 France 50 Germany 51 Italy 52 Canada 53 Japan UNEMPLOYMENT 54 US 55 UK 56 France 57 Germany 58 Italy 59 Canada 60 Japan EMPLOYEE EARNINGS 61 US 62 UK 63 France 64 Germany 65 Italy 66 Canada 67 Japan CPI 68 US 69 UK 70 France 71 Germany 72 Italy 73 Canada 74 Japan PPI 75 US 76 UK 77 France 78 Germany 79 Italy 80 Canada 81 Japan OVERNIGHT RATES 82 US 83 UK 84 France 85 Germany 86 Italy 87 Canada 88 Japan 10-YEAR RATES 89 US 90 UK 91 France 92 Germany 93 Italy 94 Canada 95 Japan M1 96 US 97 UK 98 France 99 Germany 100 Italy 101 Canada 102 Japan M2 103 US 104 UK 105 France 106 Germany 107 Italy 108 Canada 109 Japan TRADE BALANCE 110 US 111 UK 112 France 113 Germany 114 Italy 115 Canada 116 Japan STOCK MARKET PRICE INDEX 117 US 118 UK 119 France 120 Germany 121 Italy 122 Canada 123 Japan REER 124 US 125 UK 126 France 127 Germany 128 Italy 129 Canada 130 Japan FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATE WITH THE DOLLAR 131 UK 132 France 133 Germany 134 Italy 135 Canada 136 Japan SPREAD 3m / Overnight rate 137 US 138 UK 139 France 140 Germany 141 Italy 142 Canada 143 Japan SPREAD 10y / Overnight rate 144 US 145 UK 146 France 147 Germany 148 Italy 149 Canada 150 Japan 151 INDEX OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY