Urban studies: Doing research when every city is different 
Goldman Predicts 50% Odds of 10% U.S. Tariff on Copper by Q1 Close 
Fed May Resume Rate Hikes: BofA Analysts Outline Key Scenarios 
Oil Prices Dip Slightly Amid Focus on Russian Sanctions and U.S. Inflation Data 
U.S. Treasury Yields Expected to Decline Amid Cooling Economic Pressures 
Indonesia Surprises Markets with Interest Rate Cut Amid Currency Pressure 
S&P 500 Relies on Tech for Growth in Q4 2024, Says Barclays 
U.S. Stocks vs. Bonds: Are Diverging Valuations Signaling a Shift? 
How the war in Iran is already affecting UK farmers and food production 
2025 Market Outlook: Key January Events to Watch 
Global Markets React to Strong U.S. Jobs Data and Rising Yields 
European Stocks Rally on Chinese Growth and Mining Merger Speculation 
The restrictions to contain the corona pandemic have hit many sectors of businesses quite hard. Evidently, the global markets shake off depth gauges, keep focused upon recovery, major DMs, including Eurozone, UK PMIs sink lower than projections.
As a result of this pandemic, the global light vehicle production now looks set to contract nearly 13% yoy, we have slashed our 2020 PGM demand forecasts.
The Amplats refinery outage as well as COVID-19 supply disruptions, mainly in South Africa, have stripped nearly 690 k oz of platinum and 356 k oz of palladium supply from our 2020 projections.
On balance, supply and demand disruptions have largely cancelled each other out for 2020, leaving a platinum market in surplus and a palladium market still in deficit.
We have boosted our palladium price forecasts ($2,337/oz for FY 2020) as supply outages will keep the market tighter for longer despite the demand weakness but have cut the platinum forecasts ($859/oz for FY 2020) as it has lagged the recent strength in other precious metals. Courtesy: JPM
