牲畜期货聚焦亚洲市场的危机

US - At this point, livestock futures are focused on the broader macro markets and threats of a brewing financial crisis in Asia, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner. For some, the recent events are reminiscent of 1997, which led to a broad recession in a number of Asian markets. For livestock futures this is significant as Asia in recent years has emerged as a major buyer of meat products from North America, Oceania and South America. In this context, cattle and hog markets are trying to price the impact of a dramatic slowdown in Asian demand, not just for US products but also products from other markets. Already Russia, a major global meat protein buyer, has dramatically reduced its meat imports. A slowdown in Asia would add to that demand slack and pressure prices lower.

　　美国——在这一点上，牲畜期货都聚焦更广泛的宏观市场和酝酿中的亚洲金融危机的威胁,史蒂夫·迈耶和莱恩·施泰纳写道。对一些人来说，最近的事件让人想起1997年，1997年的事件导致广泛的许多亚洲市场的经济衰退。牲畜期货意义重大，因为亚洲近年来已成为来自北美、大洋洲和南美洲的肉类产品的主要买家。在这种背景下，牛肉和生猪市场正试图对戏剧性的亚洲需求放缓的影响调整价格，不仅对美国产品，也针对来自其他市场的产品。俄罗斯已经成为主要的全球肉类蛋白质买家，极大地减少了进口肉类。亚洲需求放缓将增加疲软，压低价格。