Housing and commercial real-estate prices in China rose 6.4% y-o-y in December compared with 7.7% reading in November and 7.0% consensus. On monthly level the prices were up 0.3% same as in November.

Adding to China worries, it’s positive that the growth in real-estate value is moderating, but the risk (and fear) is that the prices could start falling.

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Baltic dry index fell 5.3% last week; Capesize Index was down 14.5%; Panamax Index fell 0.7%; Supramax Index rose 3.9%; Handysize Index fell 0.6%.
Iron ore stockpiles have risen a bit despite Queensland floods, that’s kind of worrying because despite Queensland supply disruptions there is no apparent physical lack of iron ore. On the other hand it seems Baltic dry index is forming a bottom at 1.500 level.

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