2step – PPI Outpaces CPI In April, Supporting Case For Further Chemical End-Market Price Hikes

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2step – PPI Outpaces CPI In April, Supporting Case For Further Chemical End-Market Price Hikes

Key Points:

• Producer price hikes have outpaced consumer prices YTD, suggesting end-market price increases are still ahead in many product chains. We also flag recent business updates that are more cautious than those posted in April.
• We highlight pertinent energy, chemical, and other corporate updates (e.g., SABIC, OCI, Braskem, Indorama, Celanese, Evonik, Phillips 66, and others).
• We discuss relevant ESG items ranging from global ammonia demand from clean-energy applications to a lack of proper planning in renewables. See our latest ESG weekly and other related research coverage in LINK.
• We discuss numerous other pertinent chemical sector items in this report.

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