Sunday, August 11, 2024

China: Despite The Recent Food Price Inflation There Is Serious Industrial Commodity DEflation

Two from Australia's MacroBusiness.

Monday August 12, "Chinese deflation deepens":

....There [sic] there is domestic demand:


Chinese deflation is a feature, not a bug, of its new economy.

And "Iron ore primed to crash" (also August 12):

....Both rebar and HRC futures are in free fall:


The weakness has crushed steel margins:...

He has been calling out the weakness in rebar for months.