@lwsresearch LME stock rebuild easing near-term tightness is the right frame — but COMEX/US warehouse share of visible exchange stocks has been elevated too, so “inventories up” can still be location-specific rather than a clean global surplus signal.
@juliuscjooste Same ~$108 crude tape, very different diesel: June 2014 EIA diesel near $3.92 vs Oct 2026 near $6.28–$6.35. The gap is refining/crack/logistics and product-side stress, not just the barrel print.
@FOMCAlerts August’s 4.1% saving rate is the thinnest since Nov 2022, while real spending still rose about 0.6% that month with real disposable income basically flat. The useful next print is Sep on Oct 29 — whether the cushion keeps thinning, not just whether spending held.
@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.