Grain Prices and the Futures Market: A 15-year Survey, 1923-1938 |
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15-year period all-commodity prices average Board of Trade BUSHEL CENTS BUSHELS MILLIONS buying cash prices cents per bushel Chicago Board Close of trading combined net position commercial stocks commercial supplies commitments Commodity Exchange corn futures corn prices course of prices crop December futures deliverable supplies delivery month demand exports fact factor February February 25 Federal Farm Board FUTURE RELATIVE futures contracts futures prices futures trading Grain Futures Act Grain Futures Administration important January July 31 July future June leading speculators long position market leaders maturing futures million bushels movements October 22 offset open contracts percent position of leading positions and prices price changes price declined price effect PRICE PER BUSHEL price structure prices advance production range Scatter diagram sell September 29 September future short positions shown in figure spot prices succeeding future tion volume of futures volume of trading wheat and corn wheat future wheat prices