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shortage.life
v0.3 · brussels · build f3a2c81
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// $_ exec

$ shortage commodity get FRG.BDI
> spot: 1,685 idx
> stress_index: 0.52 CAUTION
> updated 14:31 UTC

// readout · live

BRENT     $84.27 ▲
TTF       €31.50 ▼
OPEC_SP   3.8 mb/d ●
SPR_US    372.4 Mb
FAO_FFPI  121.4 ▲
auto-refresh 60slatency 312msbuild 0.3.0commit f3a2c81UTC 00:00:00
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BRENT$84.27▲0.50%WTI$80.15▲0.39%TTF€31.50▼3.67%NBP72.4p▼1.50%HH$2.84▲1.43%SPR_US372.4 Mb18.7dEU_GAS78.3%▲0.4ppOPEC_SPARE3.8 mb/d▼0.3FAO_FFPI121.4▲0.8WHT.SRW$6.42/bu▲1.84%RIC.THAI$612/t▲0.32%UREA$378/t▲2.71%LITH$13,820/t▼0.84%COBL$31,400/tCU$9,820/t▲0.65%NI$17,420/t▼1.10%BRENT$84.27▲0.50%WTI$80.15▲0.39%TTF€31.50▼3.67%NBP72.4p▼1.50%HH$2.84▲1.43%SPR_US372.4 Mb18.7dEU_GAS78.3%▲0.4ppOPEC_SPARE3.8 mb/d▼0.3FAO_FFPI121.4▲0.8WHT.SRW$6.42/bu▲1.84%RIC.THAI$612/t▲0.32%UREA$378/t▲2.71%LITH$13,820/t▼0.84%COBL$31,400/tCU$9,820/t▲0.65%NI$17,420/t▼1.10%
~/commodities/baltic-dry·category: freightcite · /api/v1/commodities/FRG.BDI

Baltic Dry Index / FRG.BDI

freightidxupdated: 14:31 UTC
CAUTION
SPOT · idx1,685 idx
Δ24H▲2.30%
Δ7D▼4.10%
Δ30D▲11.80%
STRESS · v3.20.52

[ 00 ]  $_SERIES · FRG.BDI · spot trend

FRG.BDI · idxlast 1685
READ MODE// long-form zoneEDITORIAL · commodity analysisdesk: Markets·last revision 14:31 UTC
Commodity analysis · FRG.BDI · v3.2

Baltic Dry Index, and what the reading means.

The Baltic Dry Index, the cost of moving bulk commodities — iron ore, coal, grain — by sea. A real-time pulse of global trade.

Desk Markets·EN · FR · ES, DE pending·sources: EIA, OPEC, IEA, FAO, USDA

The Baltic Dry Index, the cost of moving bulk commodities — iron ore, coal, grain — by sea. A real-time pulse of global trade. At the latest reading, Baltic Dry Index prints a spot of 1,685 idx — a move of ▲2.30% over the past twenty-four hours and ▲11.80% across the trailing thirty days.

The v3.2 stress index places FRG.BDI at 0.52 — a caution reading on a composite that blends price momentum, inventory cover, supplier concentration and geopolitical exposure. The metric is recomputed on every ingestion cycle, and the weekly delta is the line worth tracking rather than the absolute level.

For operators, the question is not the spot itself but the buffer behind it. A tightening reading on Baltic Dry Index compounds with any incident on a shared transit route or producer, and the cascade is rarely linear. The scenarios below carry FRG.BDI as an explicit input — each one is wargamed and reviewed against this commodity's exposure profile.

[ 01 ]  $_SCENARIOS · with FRG.BDI exposure

No active scenario currently carries Baltic Dry Index as an explicit input.

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