Commodity Research Bureau (CRB) Since 1934, Commodity Research Bureau (CRB) has been the world’s leading commodities and futures research, data, and analysis firm. CRB delivers information on the futures markets to interested parties via a number of data products, email and print publications, fundamental services and B2B products. It also is home of the CRB Price Index, a global benchmark for measuring commodity price movement and developed by one of CRB’s founders, Bill Jiler.