by Research | May 20, 2022 | Daily Chemical Reactions
Daily Chemical Reaction Where The Green Grass Grows – High Commodity Prices Well Known, Product Chain Profits Vary Key Points: We highlight the ties between agriculture and energy markets and broad-based price inflation YTD that holds mixed blessings for derivative... 
by Research | May 19, 2022 | Daily Chemical Reactions
Daily Chemical Reaction Where The Corn Don’t Grow – Ammonia Demand to Increase Beyond Fertilizer, Clean Initiatives Sprout Key Points: Chemical product prices have increased with energy costs in 2022, lifting implied clean project economics and spurring related... 
by Research | May 18, 2022 | Daily Chemical Reactions
Daily Chemical Reaction Summertime Sadness – Cost Inflation Depresses Most Chemical Product Chain Profits, Keep Tissues Handy Key Points: Chemical product chain profitability mostly turned negative in 1H22 due to higher costs not being fully factored into lagging... 
by Research | May 17, 2022 | Daily Chemical Reactions
Daily Chemical Reaction Hunger Games – Inflation Will Cut Non-Essential Product Demand, Increasingly Hard To Digest Key Points: US retail sales increased in April, with price hikes leading the charge. We discuss takeaways from the latest Walmart and Home Depot reports... 
by Research | May 16, 2022 | The Weekly Catalyst
The Weekly Catalyst Global Chemical Update – The Foundations Of Decay Key Points: US polymer values, on average, reflect more support WoW than Ex-US polymer values, US monomer values, and US natural gas/NGL values. With US polymer supply set to rise, downward pressure...