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On May 5th, following the Reserve Bank of Australias (RBA) third consecutive interest rate hike and raising its cash rate target to 4.35%, the rate remains below Societe Generales year-end forecast of 4.7%. Societe Generale economists stated in a report, "The RBA still has room to maneuver and may raise rates at least one more time." Economists expect the RBA to maintain interest rates at 4.7% throughout 2027 and the first half of 2028, predicting core inflation will peak at 3.8% in the second quarter, before falling to 3.1% by the end of 2026. They added, "A pause in rate hikes in June seems inevitable," noting that RBA Governor Bullocks more neutral tone prompted demand for short-term rates, simultaneously pushing the yield curve for Australian 2-year and 10-year government bonds into a "bull market steepening."The World Health Organization says it plans to medically evacuate the two people on board who are infected with Hantavirus, and the cruise ship will continue its journey to the Canary Islands.World Health Organization: Our hypothesis is that the Hantavirus cases were contracted outside the cruise ship where the incident occurred.Iranian border police commander: Five smuggling vessels carrying 200,000 liters of smuggled fuel were seized in Khuzestan province.The China Earthquake Networks Center officially reported that a magnitude 3.1 earthquake occurred at 17:05 on May 5 in Kuqa City, Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang (41.35 degrees north latitude, 83.89 degrees east longitude), with a focal depth of 15 kilometers.

Natural Gas Prices Rise After A Weeklong Drop to Almost Two-year Lows

Haiden Holmes

Feb 07, 2023 14:40

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Natural gas prices inched up on Monday as buyers emerged at the lower level for the heating fuel, which had been pummeled to more than two-year lows by a selloff spurred by a forecast of a relatively mild winter for the 2022/23 season.


The March front-month gas contract on the Henry Hub of the New York Mercantile Exchange recovered nearly all of its Friday losses to end up 4.7 cents, or 1.8%, at $2.457 per mmBtu, or metric million British thermal units. In the previous session, it reached a session low of $2.343, hitting a low not seen since December 29, 2020, when it dipped to $2.282.


The benchmark gas futures contract dropped about 16% last week, extending its decline from December's $7 high to more than 60%. Prior to that, in August it reached a 14-year high of $10.


An unexpectedly warm start to winter 2022/23 in the United States has resulted in significantly less heating demand than usual, leaving more gas in storage than anticipated. Despite this, temperatures between Friday and Saturday averaged at or below 20 degrees Fahrenheit (-6.7 degrees Celsius) in New York City and other significant cities in the U.S. Northeast, the largest heating market in the country.


The Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported that gas stocks in the United States for the week ending January 27 totaled 2.58 trillion cubic feet (tcf). According to the EIA, this is up 9.4% from the previous year's level of 2,361 tcf. On February 9, the agency will provide its next storage update.

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