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Reuters reports that a US diesel shortage is increasingly likely to persist until the economy slows. NY Harbor ULSD for December delivery trades at a $60/bbl premium to Brent, and the twelve-month spread has flared to a $50/bbl backwardation from under $10 a year earlier.
Retail diesel now sits $1.45/gal above gasoline, a record gap.
Tight distillate supplies raise freight and fuel costs for feed mills, grain handlers and livestock transport, which can pass through to feed and animal-product prices. The steep backwardation signals physical scarcity into winter.
reuters.comJohn KempOct 27, 2022After 105 past bullish macro events, ULSD / Diesel moved a median -0.4% over 5 sessions (45% higher; middle half -3.4% to +1.8%), and +1.2% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
