# Natural Gas Market - Elasticities Are Changing and That Means More Volatility - IASG

> An analysis argues that US natural gas volatility is rising as LNG exports grow, with Sabine Pass exports reaching 12% of regional production. Coal-to-gas switching in power generation is also changing how demand shocks affect prices.

- Date: 2017-11-02 · published 2017-11-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/10191-natural-gas-market-elasticities-are-changing-and-that-means-more-volatility-iasg
- Commodities: [Natural Gas](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NATGAS.md)

## Why it matters

Higher gas price sensitivity to weather and demand shocks increases volatility in fuel and fertilizer input costs for feed producers. The impact on feed grain prices is indirect.

## Read by commodity

- NATGAS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NATGAS | 2021-09-23 | [Inside Clean Energy: Natural Gas Prices Are Rising. Here’s Why That Helps the Cleanest (and Dirtiest) Electricity Sources - Inside Climate News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7930-inside-clean-energy-natural-gas-prices-are-rising-here-s-why-that-helps-the.md) | +15.2% | +3.2% |
| NATGAS | 2021-12-14 | [The emerging global natural gas market and the energy crisis of 2021-2022 \| Brookings](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43786-the-emerging-global-natural-gas-market-and-the-energy-crisis-of-2021-2022.md) | -1.2% | +7.3% |
| NATGAS | 2025-05-23 | [US natural gas market increasingly volatile amid falling coal, producer discipline \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24865-us-natural-gas-market-increasingly-volatile-amid-falling-coal-producer.md) | +0.5% | +15.2% |
| NATGAS | 2024-12-17 | [Global natural gas market outlook: European supply challenges and regional demand dynamics](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27140-global-natural-gas-market-outlook-european-supply-challenges-and-regional.md) | +7.0% | +40.3% |
| NATGAS | 2024-06-28 | [Natural gas market developments: prices bouncing back from the cold](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29955-natural-gas-market-developments-prices-bouncing-back-from-the-cold.md) | -17.3% | -23.8% |

## Sources

- iasg.com: https://www.iasg.com/blog/2017/11/02/natural-gas-market-elasticities-changing-means-volatility

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