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29 July 2008
DE German Perspective—29.07.08
US US Perspective—29.07.08
Market Intelligence—29.07.08
22 July 2008
DE German Perspective—22.07.08
US US Perspective—22.07.08
15 July 2008
DE German Perspective - 15.07.08
US US Perspective - 15.07.08
Market Intelligence - 15.07.08
08 July 2008
US US Perspective - 08.07.08
DE German Perspective 08.07.08
01 July 2008
DE German Perspective 01.07.08
US US Perspective - 01.07.08
Market Intelligence - 01.07.08

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29 July 2008
Market
German Perspective—29.07.08
What happened this week: The summer has now finally arrived. In Europe tanners north of the Alps have mostly departed already for their holidays and in the south they are preparing for the same.One final...
Market
US Perspective—29.07.08
Many pundits are starting to lean towards the opinion that the big packer steer market in the US might be a bit over-cooked because, although packers were able to trade at some of the previously reported...
Market
Market Intelligence—29.07.08
MacroeconomicsThe summer holiday season affects the financial markets too, and activity in general is starting to slow down now.The US dollar made another attempt to leave the range of trading between 1.53 and ...
22 July 2008
Market
German Perspective—22.07.08
What happened this week: A lot of last week’s momentum spilled over into this. The interest for males continued to be reasonably strong from overseas accounts and although the volume was not the same, there...
Market
US Perspective—22.07.08
The Jacobsen Commentary and Market OpinionCourtesy of www.thejacobsen.comPrices of big packer items continue to defy the rest of the global market and reflect yet another incremental increase that took place...
15 July 2008
Market
German Perspective - 15.07.08
What happened this week: This week was the first in a long row of non-normal trading weeks. Not that one could say that a breakthrough has occurred, but at least the activity of communication and trading was...
Market
US Perspective - 15.07.08
The Jacobsen Commentary and Market Opinion—15.07.08 Courtesy of www.thejacobsen.com Prices of big packer hides in the US moved incrementally higher again last week as packers were making claims to have sold...
Market
Market Intelligence - 15.07.08
MARKET INTELLIGENCE—15.07.08  Macroeconomics  We are entering the summer holiday season and this is slowing down traditional activities and news flows.  The main event over the past 14 days was the G8 summit...
08 July 2008
Market
US Perspective - 08.07.08
Business in the US last week was fairly sporadic and we could not verify any significant amounts of trading, supported by the USDA Export Sales Report this week which reflects that there were only 265,000...
Market
German Perspective 08.07.08
What happened this week: This week was pretty much the same as many before now. Interest was limited and pretty much again for the same grades—bits and pieces of hides...
01 July 2008
Market
German Perspective 01.07.08
What happened this week: Life isn’t getting any easier from week to week and this last one too was a tough battle against the market situation. We fail to see any change in the fundamental situation that we...
Market
US Perspective - 01.07.08
The Jacobsen Commentary and Market Opinion—01.07.08Courtesy of www.thejacobsen.comPrices of big packer steer hides finally reflected some incremental increases last week as we have confirmed sales of HTS...
Market
Market Intelligence - 01.07.08
MARKET INTELLIGENCE—01.07.08MacroeconomicsInflation, inflation, inflation, stagflation, explosion of energy prices, rising food prices et cetera, et cetera. Any time we open a newspaper today, or switch the...