Market Monitor Blog
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Elevated Interest
NEPOOL buyers and brokers backed off this week, and all other regions increased their interest in pricing requests that included some measure of market-based risk. Read more
Wholesale Inflation Surprise
The producer price index (PPI) increased by 0.6%, the largest increase since September. Read more
U.S. Nuclear Capacity Rebound
After starting the year with capacity outages that were higher year-over-year in January, the U.S. nuclear reactor fleet has responded with lower outages. Read more
What's Trending?
If you are looking for a trend opportunity, technical analysis could help. Three Exponential Moving Averages (TEMA) is a popular technical analysis indicator used to analyze the direction of a market trend. Read more
Early Look at GDP
Is the U.S. economy resilient, or bound for recession? Read more
No Fall in Fall Temps
October and November may be “shoulder” months when energy demand has traditionally been the lowest, but times are changing. Read more
NEPOOL Bounce
NEPOOL buyers and brokers popped into the risk appetite lead this week. Read more
What’s Trending?
If you are looking for a trend opportunity, technical analysis could help. Read more
NEPOOL, NYISO Near Zero
Whatever buyers and brokers in NEPOOL and NYISO are seeing, it has them focused on zero market-based risk. Read more
Inflation Edges Towards Fed Target
The Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Price Index, declined to 2.4% on a yearly basis in January. Read more