A FULL two percentage points of US third quarter growth of 3.5% was down to stock building. Total US inventories grew by $76bn in Q3 following a $37bn contraction in the second quarter. The fourth quarter is always a period of destocking in the US and everywhere. This will combine with the big build-up in […]
Asian Chemical Connections
US Trade Policies Risk Making America’s Problems Worse
By John Richardson YOU start with studying the data. You then double check, triple check and quadruple check the data. Next, once you are satisfied with the data, you ask yourself this question: “What does the data mean?” All of us must try – and this is incredibly difficult – to keep emotion out of […]
America’s New Political Era
What follows is likely to be of little interest to those, like ourselves, who are obsessed by the week-by-week price of polyethylene (PE). But a strong US economy is essential for a healthy global chemicals industry, and what is being attempted right now to revive America doesn’t appear to be working. Happy New Year to […]
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