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Widespread US Diesel Shortages Send Crack Spreads To Mindblowing Highs
Widespread US Diesel Shortages Send Crack Spreads To Mindblowing Highs Global stocks of refined petroleum products have fallen to critically low levels as refineries prove unable to keep up with surging demand especially for the diesel-like fuels used in manufacturing and freight transportation. The result has been a surge in prices refiners receive for selling […]
US Gas Prices Soar As Europe And Asia Scramble For LNG
US Gas Prices Soar As Europe And Asia Scramble For LNG U.S. gas prices have surged to the highest level in real terms since the financial crisis in 2008 as strong demand for LNG from buyers in Europe and Asia puts pressure on inventories. Front-month futures for gas delivered to Henry Hub in Louisiana are […]
US Intel Assisted In Sinking Russian Flagship Vessel: Officials Claim Bombshell Escalation
US Intel Assisted In Sinking Russian Flagship Vessel: Officials Claim Bombshell Escalation Less than 24 hours after The New York Times issued a provocative report citing unnamed US officials who are celebrating that American intelligence-sharing with Ukraine’s military has helped take out multiple Russian generals since the Feb.24 invasion, NBC News is out with yet another bombshell claim sourced […]
World’s Largest Fertilizer Company Warns Crop Nutrient Disruptions Through 2023
World’s Largest Fertilizer Company Warns Crop Nutrient Disruptions Through 2023 The world’s largest fertilizer company warned supply disruptions could extend into 2023. A bulk of the world’s supply has been taken offline due to the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. This has sparked soaring prices and shortages of crop nutrients in top growing areas worldwide; […]
Australia Shocks With Bigger Than Expected Rate Hike, As Lowe Admits Embarrassment At Being So Wrong
Australia Shocks With Bigger Than Expected Rate Hike, As Lowe Admits Embarrassment At Being So Wrong In our preview of what was expected to be Australia’s first rate hike since 2010, we said that consensus expects a 15bps rate hike to 0.25%, with a handful of bank still expecting a hold (including CBA, Goldman and […]
Will We Have Food Shortages In America?
Will We Have Food Shortages In America? Aerial shot of a milling tractor (Tom Fisk/Pexels). Higher Food Prices And Shortages? Our system has been betting on higher food prices since earlier this year, and of course the war in Ukraine has put upward pressure on food an energy. But now one of our Twitter correspondents […]
One-Third of Ukraine Farmland May Go Unplanted As Russia Begins ‘Second Phase’ Of War
One-Third of Ukraine Farmland May Go Unplanted As Russia Begins ‘Second Phase’ Of War About one-third of Ukraine’s farmlands may not be harvested or cultivated this year as Russia begins the second phase of the conflict in the war-torn country. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) noted in a report on Tuesday that […]
Global Rice Production Set To Plunge 10%, Threatening Half Of Humanity
Global Rice Production Set To Plunge 10%, Threatening Half Of Humanity Farmers in China, India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Vietnam — the largest rice-producing countries could experience reduced output due to soaring fertilizer prices. The International Rice Research Institute warns that harvests could plunge as much as 10% in the next season, equating to about 36 […]
Pakistan Hit With Power Blackouts As It Struggles With Fuel Shortages And Technical Problems
Pakistan Hit With Power Blackouts As It Struggles With Fuel Shortages And Technical Problems A once-in-a-generation inflation shock is rippling worldwide and has become a significant source of social and political instability in the weakest countries. Pakistan is the latest country to experience paralyzing inflation. Bloomberg reports almost a fifth of electricity generation capacity is offline […]
Black Swan Event? Top US Fertilizer Producer Hit With Rail Delays To Midwest
Black Swan Event? Top US Fertilizer Producer Hit With Rail Delays To Midwest A fertilizer supply shock is imminent for US farmers as CF Industries Holdings, Inc. warned Thursday that rail shipments of crop nutrients would be reduced to top agricultural states, which couldn’t come at the worst time as the Northern Hemisphere spring planting season is […]
India Facing Widespread Blackouts This Summer
India Facing Widespread Blackouts This Summer India faces a persistent shortage of electricity over the next four months as rapid demand growth from air conditioners overwhelms the available generation on the network. India’s grid reported a record load of 200,570 megawatts on July 7, 2021, at the height of last summer, according to the National […]
Where Will The Food Riots Start?
Where Will The Food Riots Start? Global food prices have never risen so fast and have never been so high, and as have detailed multiple times in recent months (as this is not simply a one-month, ‘blame it on Putin’ crisis), most recently here, the pieces are in place for some serious tears to form in the […]
“Island-Wide Blackout” Strikes Puerto Rico After Major Power Station Erupts In Flames
“Island-Wide Blackout” Strikes Puerto Rico After Major Power Station Erupts In Flames Puerto Rico’s power grid was hit by a devastating fire at one of the largest power plants on the island that triggered widespread blackouts, according to Bloomberg. On Wednesday night, the outage began when a fire broke out at the Costa Sur power plant […]
Europe To Cap Potash Imports As Planting Season Begins
Europe To Cap Potash Imports As Planting Season Begins The EU is expected to deliver another shock to its agricultural sector by capping Russian imports of potash, a crucial ingredient for growing food, according to Bloomberg, citing a Dow Jones report. The European Commission is expected to imminently unveil broad new sanctions on Russia. Much of […]
