Powerline by Steven Hayward 10/17/2022
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/10/the-daily-chart-long-expensive-cold-winter-ahead.phpNever mind shortages of natural gas here and abroad: we may be running short of diesel fuel before long. Energy analyst John Kemp reported the troubling picture last week:
Global shortages of middle distillates such as diesel, gas oil and heating oil are intensifying rather than easing – making it more likely a relatively severe slowdown in the business cycle will be necessary to rebalance the market. U.S. inventories of distillate fuel oil depleted to 106 million barrels on Oct. 7, the lowest seasonal level since the government began collecting weekly data in 1982.
Given how much of our goods transportation (think trains and trucks) use diesel, this is going to be another upward force on inflation.
Here’s what the chart looks like:
Bonus chart to start the week—a startling graph that underlines the reckless irresponsibility of Joe Biden:
