Category: Commodities / FX

Massive Downward Reductions In US Shale Oil Output
16. 3. 2023 No Responses

Massive Downward Reductions In US Shale Oil Output

EIA issued the March DPR: A massive downward reductions in US shale oil output.  In the March report, shale oil output from the key plays is reduced by 443,000 bpd for January and 250,000 bpd for February.  If we go...
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Commodity Traders Record $115 Billion In 2022 Profit
8. 3. 2023 No Responses

Commodity Traders Record $115 Billion In 2022 Profit

According to a new report from Oliver Wyman, commodity traders saw record gross margins of about $115 billion last year. According to the report, industry gross profit margins have roughly tripled from $36 billion in 2018, with those of independent...
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China’s Petro-Yuan Ambitions
7. 1. 2023 No Responses

China’s Petro-Yuan Ambitions

Credit Suisse’s Zoltan Pozsar said the de-dollarization of the global oil industry is in full swing–even if we can’t see the final end game from here. Some 40% of proven oil reserves belonging to OPEC+ members is owned by Russia,...
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Russian ‘De-Dollarization’ Escalates
1. 9. 2022 No Responses

Russian ‘De-Dollarization’ Escalates

Begins “strategic” plan to buy billions In “friendly” currencies. Ever since March 2018, when Moscow dumped practically all of its US Treasury holdings, Russia has been at the forefront of a global process of ‘de-dollarization&#82...
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Von Greyerz: Some numbers about the massive money creation
4. 7. 2022 No Responses

Von Greyerz: Some numbers about the massive money creation

The massive money creation by central and commercial banks in this century has resulted in a growth of global assets from $450 trillion in 2000 to $1,540 trillion in 2020. Debt To GDP Growth As the chart below shows US...
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Sri Lanka Asks Russians For Help, Suspends Fuel Sales Amid Economic Collapse
28. 6. 2022 No Responses

Sri Lanka Asks Russians For Help, Suspends Fuel Sales Amid Economic Collapse

A broken and extremely cash-strapped Sri Lanka halted all fuel sales except for essential services in a desperate attempt to manage a severe fuel shortage — allowing the government to buy some time and send two government officials to Russia...
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Russia Will Pay Its Foreign Debts in Rubles
24. 6. 2022 No Responses

Russia Will Pay Its Foreign Debts in Rubles

On June 23, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the payment of foreign currency debt in rubles. Roughly speaking, transactions will be made through a ruble account at the domestic market rate. Payment of such debt on the...
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Saudi Arabia reportedly pressured to pump more oil
1. 6. 2022 No Responses

Saudi Arabia reportedly pressured to pump more oil

Saudi Arabia may agree to boost oil production to cool skyrocketing prices if Russia’s output falls significantly under the new EU sanctions, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. The Kingdom, the world’s largest oil producer, has repeatedly rejected d...
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China Has ‘Financial Nuclear Bombs’
7. 5. 2022 No Responses

China Has ‘Financial Nuclear Bombs’

China Has ‘Financial Nuclear Bombs’ If West Levies Russia-Style Sanctions, Beijing Warns Multiple analysts at Chinese state-linked think tanks and banks have weighed in on the Biden administration’s recent threats to punish the world’s ...
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Oil Prices Soar Despite Petroleum Reserve Release
1. 3. 2022 No Responses

Oil Prices Soar Despite Petroleum Reserve Release

Crude prices continued to rally on Tuesday morning despite the news of concerted SPR releases. The IEA Ministerial Meeting being held on Tuesday has resulted in an agreement of some of its members to release 60 million barrels of crude...
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Gundlach Warns Dollar Is “Doomed”
14. 7. 2021 No Responses

Gundlach Warns Dollar Is “Doomed”

It has been a while since DoubleLine Founder Jeffrey Gundlach sat for a lengthy interview with CNBC’s Scott Wapner, aka “the Judge”, during the network’s “Halftime Report”. Gundlach has at times clashed with various CNBC pe...
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Something Happened on the Way to Monetary Heaven
26. 3. 2021 No Responses

Something Happened on the Way to Monetary Heaven

Something Happened on the Way to Monetary Heaven: Janet Yellen’s Plunge Protection Team Has $142 Billion to Play With. Most Americans are unaware of the existence of the Exchange Stabilization Fund (ESF). Together with the Federal Reserve Bank of New...
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World After Countless QEs: A Shortage Of Everything
20. 3. 2021 No Responses

World After Countless QEs: A Shortage Of Everything

In last press conference, Jay Powell confirmed that the Fed is setting off on a historic experiment: welcoming a conflagration of red-hot inflation for an indefinite period of time in an overheating economy, with the underlying assumption that it’s all.....
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Commodities Are Soaring 25%
7. 2. 2021 No Responses

Commodities Are Soaring 25%

As BMO’s Doug Porter shows, the year-over-year rise in a basket of commodity prices (and they mostly all show a similar pattern) is now a bit above 25%. This is a problem because in the past 20 years, that’s been consistent with headline inflation....
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Schedule of the delayed OPEC+ webinar
9. 4. 2020 No Responses

Schedule of the delayed OPEC+ webinar

The delayed OPEC+ webinar on Thursday will arguably be the most important gathering of ministers to date, with countries outside OPEC+ also poised to potentially tune into the discussions, thus presenting scope for coordinated action. The meeting is due to...
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