# Natural Gas: The Bust Within the Boom

> US natural gas prices fell to nearly four-year lows as a mild North American winter and rising shale output pushed storage to five-year highs. Shale production continues to grow and gas use in power generation is expanding.

- Date: 2020-02-05 · published 2020-02-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54770-natural-gas-the-bust-within-the-boom
- Commodities: [Natural Gas](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NATGAS.md)

## Why it matters

Persistently cheap gas supports lower energy and processing costs and keeps coal and gas switching favorable for power. Feed buyers see only indirect effects on grain and protein prices.

## Read by commodity

- NATGAS: bearish ▼

## Sources

- cmegroup.com: https://www.cmegroup.com/education/featured-reports/natural-gas-the-bust-within-the-boom

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