EU LNG offshore queue is depressing gas prices
EU diesel prices at record relative to jet and crude
U.S. road freight faces ‘muted’ peak season ($WSJ)
U.S. gas prices fall as inventories swell ($WSJ)
Copper production is falling short of consumption
Copper shortage threatens energy transition ($FT)
EU/Russia gas conflict, inventory and prices ($FT)
Europe’s consumers cut discretionary spend ($FT)
China builds coal-fired back to renewables ($BBG)
China’s internal news reporting system
China’s ever-normal granaries ($JSTOR)
CHINA’s manufacturers reported a decline in activity last month as the economy struggled with repeated lockdowns. The official purchasing managers’ index slipped to 49.2 in October (4th percentile for all months since 2011) from 50.1 in September (24th percentile). Manufacturing activity has contracted in seven of ten months so far in 2022:
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA’s ports handled the lowest volume of containers in the month of September since 2009, as spending on merchandise slowed and retailers struggled to reduce excess inventories:
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