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China Lockdowns Drag Down Stocks and Commodities

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For the last several weeks, commodity markets, particularly energy, grains and metals, have been soaring on fears that the Russia-Ukraine war and related sanctions could create a supply shortfall in resource markets. This week, that sentiment appears to have been flipped on its head with new COVID lockdowns in China increasing fears of a demand shortfall.

This morning, WTI and Brent Crude oil are both trading back under $100.00/bbl with declines of 7.0% to 7.75%. Gasoline is down 5.75% and Natural Gas is down 2.5% as we near the end of home heating season. In metals action, Platinum has plunged 3.4%, while copper is down 1.1%, silver is down 1.9% and gold is increasingly falling away from $2,000/oz with a 4.7% drop.  Chinese stock markets have been crushed for a second straight day on this turn of evens with Hong Kong nosediving 5.7% and Shanghai sliding 5.0%.

Continued fighting and continued peace talks have had a mixed effect on sentiment in Europe today. The Euro and Pound are both up about 0.5% today but the Dax is down 1.1% and the FTSE is down 0.8%. Coming off another day in the US that showed early promise but finished with US indices flat (Dow Industrials) to down 2.0% (NASDAQ), US index futures are trading flat (Dow) to up 0.4% (NASDAQ).

There have been a few economic reports for investors to digest while waiting for tomorrow’ Fed meeting and projections. US producer prices accelerated to 10.0% over year from a 9.7% growth rate last month, indicating inflation pressures continue to build. A disappointing US Empire State Manufacturing Index (-11.8 vs street 7.0) adds to the conversation about a possible stagflation problem. Canadian housing starts rebounded in February to 247K annualized up from 230K a month earlier and above the 238K street estimate. Positive retail sales (6.7% vs street 3.0%) and industrial production (7.5% vs street 3.9%) numbers out of China were overshadowed and overtaken by more recent events.

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