By John Richardson
THE consequence of either a failure by the US to raise the debt ceiling and/or a downgrading of the country’s Triple A debt rating would have obviously have serious consequences for the Asian and global chemicals industries.…
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China Auto Market Provides Clear Evidence
By John Richardson
DESTOCKING is obviously not the main driver of the decline in China’s polyolefins market, despite what a dwindling band of optimists are still arguing.
The glaringly transparent reason for the fallacy of the fading belief is a …
China’s Inflation Struggle
By John Richardson
LIKE the boy who cried Wolf the blog might not be believed as we once again warn about the risks ahead for China’s economy.
We have been worried for a long time that eventually China’s huge economic …
Was NPRA Off The Mark On China?
By John Richardson
I HAVE been speaking to my colleagues who attended this week’s NPRA conference in San Antonio, Texas, and it didn’t appear from discussions during the event that a potential slowdown in China was high on anyone’s radar …
China PE Re-exported To Europe
By John Richardson
CHINA’S polyethylene (PE) market is in such a bad state that re-exports are now being considered to Europe.
The wide disparity between a flat China market and strong pricing in European has created this exceptionally rare arbitrage …
Howling At the Moon And PE Price Discussions
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By John Richardson
CHINA’S surprise decision earlier this week to raise interest rates – the first rate rises since December 2007 – has badly dented sentiment in the polyethylene (PE) …
Polyethylene And Alice In Wonderland
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By John Richardson
A FURTHER illustration of the Alice in Wonderland world of financial investors versus the fundamentals of real demand was provided by the Dalian Commodity Exchange earlier this week.
“Some investment …
China Property Sector Dangers Grow
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By John Richardson
HOPES for strong China chemicals and polymer demand growth in H2 partly rest on government stimulus money for infrastructure projects compensating for a weakening real-estate sector.
Whether its direct consumption …