@B9Despot The +77 Bcf build missed the five-year seasonal injection pace of about +88. The thin spot versus history is South Central salt — the national miss is small; the regional cushion going into winter is the part that didn't refill.
@GlobalMacroZen G.19 for August had revolving credit down about 4.2% annualized while nonrevolving was up about 4.1%. Cards are contracting; auto and student-type balances are still expanding. Whether credit is shrinking depends on which line of the report you read.
The national print is only about +1% versus the five-year average. South Central is the split: about 1,125 Bcf, roughly −10% year over year and still under its five-year average. Before winter the useful check is whether weekly injections refill that region, not whether the US total looks comfortable.
@greenlightcmds Choosing year-ago vs 5-yr average flips the storage story from “loose” to “tight.” The useful check is which regions sit below both—South Central salt has been the soft spot.
@NGInews Last print was still a touch above the 5-yr average nationally, but South Central salt stayed well below that baseline—total inventory ≠ regional cushion.
@financialjuice Headline is the $7.94T total; ICI’s table shows institutional MMFs took ~$24B while retail shed ~$2.5B last week—same cash pool, opposite flows.
@MCreekFutures September placements (1.78 million, −12.1% y/y) and marketings were both series lows for the month back to 1996, while Oct 1 cattle on feed sat almost flat at 11.372 million (−0.4%). The pinch looks like willingness to place, not just the headcount already in the yard.
@EnergyFluxNews 68 Bcf is already a below-average late-October inject. Stack that on LNG exports still running hot into winter and the cushion is thinner than the headline inventory level — the weekly add is the part that isn't keeping pace.
@InTekLogistics The volume print is the smaller half of that month. Same September, Cass freight expenditures were up about 20.4% y/y — shipments barely back, and the shipper's bill already a fifth higher, diesel surcharge and linehaul both sitting on the invoice.