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Monthly Economic Letter: May 2025
Cotton benchmarks were generally stable over the past month.
Monthly Economic Letter: April 2025
Cotton benchmarks were either flat or slightly lower over the past month.
Monthly Economic Letter: March 2025
Cotton benchmarks were either flat or slightly lower over the past month.
Monthly Economic Letter: February 2025
Cotton benchmarks were either flat or slightly lower over the past month.
Monthly Economic Letter: August 2024
All cotton benchmarks decreased over the past month.
Monthly Economic Letter: July 2024
Movement in benchmark prices was mixed over the past month.
Monthly Economic Letter: June 2024
All benchmark prices decreased over the past month.
Monthly Economic Letter: April 2024
Cotton benchmarks either decreased or were steady over the past month.
Monthly Economic Letter: March 2024
All cotton benchmarks increased over the past month.
Monthly Economic Letter: February 2024
Most cotton benchmarks increased over the past month.
Monthly Economic Letter: January 2024
Most cotton benchmarks were flat over the past month. Pakistani prices increased.
Monthly Economic Letter: December 2023
Cotton benchmarks were flat or slightly lower over the past month.
Monthly Economic Letter: September 2023
Cotton benchmarks moved higher and then lower over the past month. Current values for most prices are near those posted one month ago.
Monthly Economic Letter: August 2023
The NY/ICE December contract pushed through resistance near 82 cents/lb around the middle of July. With the USDAS’s reduction to its U.S. production forecast, December prices climbed to levels near 90 cents/lb.
Monthly Economic Letter: July 2023
Over the past month, the NY/ICE December contract continued to trade sideways within the range between 77 and 85 cents/lb that has contained values since late November 2022. There was a test of the lower end of that range (closing prices dropped to 77.9 cents/lb on June 26th, which was the lowest level since December 2022)