by C-MACC Research | Jan 22, 2023 | Sunday Thematic & Weekly Recap
C-MACC Sunday Thematic & Weekly Recap 152 Run Rabbit Run – The Chinese Rabbit is Fast, but The US Has Muscle The world’s optimists expect the Chinese rabbit to run hard, as its consumer spending helps offset western weakness to lead global economic growth in...
by C-MACC Research | Jan 19, 2023 | Daily Chemical Reactions
Daily Chemical Reaction Holding Back The Tide – Production Cuts Will Sink Inventories But May Drown Some Cost Relief Views Key Points: Initial chemical sector 4Q reports and outlooks support consensus views of commodity weakness and non-integrated derivative producer...
by C-MACC Research | Jan 10, 2023 | Daily Chemical Reactions
Daily Chemical Reaction Backward Thinking: Will You Need The Feedstock To Compete? Key Points: Commodity chemical producers lacking feedstock integration face difficult choices as the energy sector expands downstream, pressuring non-integrated chemical returns. The...
by C-MACC Research | Jan 2, 2023 | Sunday Thematic & Weekly Recap
C-MACC Sunday Thematic & Weekly Recap 149 2023 – In The Frying Pan – But Heading Into The Fire, Maybe! 2023 is off to a bad start with low margins (but maybe not low enough) and global operating rates reflecting significant oversupply, which could worsen. North...
by C-MACC Research | Dec 28, 2022 | Daily Chemical Reactions
Daily Chemical Reaction Wasted on You – Demand To Soak Up Oversupplied Markets Trumps Cost Curve Placement, For Now Key Points: Global chemical markets moved from tight conditions in early 2022 to oversupply by yearend, and we view demand as much more of a wild card...