LNG: JKM Prices Seen Holding Stable This Week: Platts
Apr-14 13:11
North Asia’s LNG prices are expected to remain stable during April 14-18, despite recent price drops amid escalating trade tensions, Platts said.
- On April 11, JKM May spot price fell to $11.009/MMBtu, the lowest since May 2024.
- China’s 125% tariff hike on US goods, announced April 12, has fuelled market volatility, though it signalled no further increases, Platts added.
- The market expected the escalating trade tensions to cut LNG demand going forward.
- Despite muted Chinese buying, South Korean importers sought spot cargoes, while Japanese buyers remained inactive in the spot market.
- The price slump prompted Asian buyers, including those from Korea and India, to purchase cargoes at low $11s/MMBtu to replenish inventories, with China eyeing $10-$11s/MMBtu.
- Meanwhile, China’s trucked LNG prices stayed steady at around $12.58/MMBtu, according to ENN.
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FED: March Economic Projections: Higher Inflation, Weaker Growth, Same Rates
Mar-14 21:28
The MNI Markets Team’s expectations for the updated Economic Projections in the March SEP are below.
- The unemployment rate is likely to rise slightly for 2025 alongside a downgrade in GDP growth, while the 2025 core and headline PCE inflation projections are set to rise again. Changes to later years will likely be limited, however.
- More detail on the shift in Fed funds rate medians is in our meeting preview - we will add more color next week.
FED: Market Pricing Nearly 3 2025 Cuts As Conditions Tighten
Mar-14 21:25
Amid rising government policy uncertainty, sentiment among businesses and consumers has fallen sharply since the start of the year, while equities and the dollar have reversed their post-election rise. Overall, financial conditions have tightened, even if stress is not yet mounting, e.g. no major widening of credit spreads (the accompanying chart shows the Fed’s financial conditions impulse index but only through January).
- Combined with growth fears, this has affected expectations for the Fed’s rate path, with around 18bp more cuts expected in 2025 compared with what was seen after the January FOMC. 65bp of cuts are priced for the year as a whole. 2025 cut pricing reached 71bp before the February inflation data and 76bp before the February payrolls report.
- A rate cut is seen with near zero probability for March’s meeting, but the first full cut is just about priced for June, with a second nearly priced by September.
- Chair Powell has no reason to endorse or refute these expectations – he’s likely to be happy with a press conference that ends with little discernable change in pricing.
CANADA'S CARNEY ANNOUNCES ELIMINATION OF THE CONSUMER CARBON TAX
Mar-14 21:17
- CANADA'S CARNEY ANNOUNCES ELIMINATION OF THE CONSUMER CARBON TAX
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