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 10, 2022 | Daily Chemical Reactions
Daily Chemical Reaction Gasoline – Consumer Budget Shifts Are A Growing Risk Facing Chemical Sector Efforts To Raise Prices Key Points: Chemical price hike initiatives to recapture margin amid cost inflation and material shortages are in motion while consumer demand...
by Research | May 4, 2022 | Daily Chemical Reactions
Daily Chemical Reaction Slow Down Summer – Demand Headwinds Mount, Some Global Commodity Markets Begin to Loosen Key Points: Our clean energy mineral price index declined MoM in April, following significant sequential strength since 3Q21. We update our broader market...
by Research | Apr 6, 2022 | Daily Chemical Reactions
Daily Chemical Reaction Rockin’ Down The (More Foggy) Highway – Autos The Brakes, Signals Risk For Other Durables Key Points: Industry reports continue to target strong demand, tight supply chains, & input sourcing issues, but some end-market health indicators are...
by Research | Apr 3, 2022 | Sunday Thematic & Weekly Recap
C-MACC Sunday Thematic & Weekly Recap 112 Time To Sweat The Small Stuff – Will All Ethylene Units Survive As the cost of climate change becomes uniform and more widely accepted, some higher emitting, less efficient industrial facilities will close – including...