Iron ore trap door opens

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SHFE and SGX are still pretending everything is OK:

But Mad Dalian broke down completely Friday and Friday night and is at new closing lows:

Coking coal also rolled:

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It’s not clear what the trigger was. Maybe more shrinkulus:

China is considering removing some of the largest remaining restrictions on home purchases after previous measures failed to revive a moribund housing market, according to people familiar with the matter.

Yawn:

A plunge in revenue from land sales has been a particular drain on budgets. Local governments earned just 245.5 billion yuan from them last month, an annual drop of 41.8% that renewed a record decline booked in July.

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Maybe it was just an outbreak of sense. Steel output is a disaster:

Profitability the same:

And iron ore supply has not adjusted at all at $90:

$80 at least needed.

About the author
David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.