# Dry bulk FFA market: The Chinese return but rates fail to ignite

> Dry-bulk freight futures stayed subdued in the week after China's National Day holiday as Chinese traders returned without lifting rates. The People's Bank of China cut the reserve requirement ratio by 100 basis points to support growth amid US-China trade tensions.

- Date: 2018-10-11 · published 2018-10-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62729-dry-bulk-ffa-market-the-chinese-return-but-rates-fail-to-ignite
- Commodities: [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

Weak freight sentiment and trade-tension uncertainty keep ocean grain freight costs under pressure, while China's monetary easing is a small offset for Chinese feed demand.

## Read by commodity

- OCEANFRT: bearish ▼

## Sources

- seatrade-maritime.com: https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/dry-bulk/dry-bulk-ffa-market-the-chinese-return-but-rates-fail-to-ignite

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