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RUMBLE IN THE COMMODITY JUNGLE: US-CHINA TRADE TALKS LIGHT A FUSE!
ENERGY EXPLOSION: OIL PRICES SOAR ON TRADE TALK HYPE!
Hold onto your wallets, folks! The buzz is back as US-China trade talks get set to launch this weekend! Oil prices are skyrocketing, adding fuel to the relief rally that kicked off yesterday. Could this be the light at the end of the tunnel for trade tensions? Well, it’s not all smooth sailing just yet! We’re gonna need some serious tariff trimming for the oil market to really catch fire!
And let’s not forget the supply drama! OPEC+ is cranking up production, and by the end of the year, we might see an oil surplus that’s bigger than ever! Will they pull the rug out and reverse their game plan? It’s anyone’s guess! And guess what? Kazakhstan is pondering whether to play by the rules or not! Our oil projections hinge on OPEC+ going full throttle through Q3, just like they promised!
In shocking news, the American Petroleum Institute just dropped some juicy stats! US crude stocks plunged by 4.49 million barrels last week, leaving everyone gasping for air! And the supply at the West Texas Intermediate delivery hub? Down by 854,000 barrels! Meanwhile, gasoline inventories are down 1.97 million barrels while distillate stocks creep up by 2.24 million barrels. It’s a rollercoaster ride!
Across the pond, Europe is feeling the heat! The Title Transfer Facility (TTF) jumped by a jaw-dropping 5.5%—the biggest daily surge since mid-March! Why? Because the EU is dead-set on kicking Russian gas to the curb by 2027, slashing long-term contracts and planning a total ban on new ones by 2025! They’re swinging for the fences, aiming to chop Russian gas flows by a third by year’s end. More jaw-dropping details are coming next month!
But wait—there’s more! The lights may have gone out at the Freeport LNG export terminal in the US, hinting at production woes! This could spell big-time support for European gas prices, depending on how long this blackout lasts!
COFFEE CHAOS: BRAZIL’S COFFEE PRODUCTION ON THE RISE!
Get ready, coffee lovers! Brazil’s agriculture agency, CONAB, just announced a boost in coffee production estimates for 2025/26! Thanks to some miracle weather, yields are on the way up! They’re predicting a 2.7% rise, hitting a whopping 55.7 million bags—way up from the earlier estimate of 51.8 million!
Arabica coffee production is also getting a major upgrade, soaring to 37 million bags from 34.7 million! But hang on—this is still 6.6% below last season’s total. And Robusta coffee? That’s climbing from 17.1 million bags to 18.7 million—up 28% year-over-year! But even with production on the upswing, Arabica futures are still climbing higher!
