Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 17/10/22

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: • Neutral.   Macro: • The first day of Chinese National Congress stressed emphasis on real economy support, accelerating the industrialisation, manufacturing, product quality, aerospace, and digital development. • ECB official indicated that the 75 bps hike in October was appropriate. BOE indicated that interest rate should be raised to …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 14/10/22

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: • Neutral.   Macro: • U.S. September CPI up 8.2% y-o-y, est. 8.1%, last 8.3%. U.S. CPI up 0.4% m-o-m, est. 0.2%, last 0.1%. • China NBS: September CPI up 2.8%, refreshed high of the year, last 2.5%, est. 2.8%. China PPI September up 0.9%, est. 1.0%, last 2.3%.   …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 12/10/22

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: • Neutral.   Macro • China September social financing increased 3.53 trillion yuan, est. 2.75 trillion yuan, last 2.43 trillion yuan. • IMF estimated global economy growth at 3.2%, unchanged from previous estimation at July. However IMF lowered the global growth rate to 2.7% from 2.9% in 2023.   Iron …

Daily Virtual Steel Mill Report 11/10/22

Market Verdict on Iron Ore: • Neutral to bullish.   Macro • Chicago Federal official Charles Evans indicated that extra supply-chain interactions were not an issue when the unemployment rate was around the same low level in 2019, with less inflationary impact. Evans believed that if this steeper-than-usual Phillips curve is generating much of the …