What happened this week: There is no question that the market remains in good condition. Demand continues to absorb production and the strong performance of other global origins is adding to further optimism...
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November 2009The Pipeline
24 November 2009
German Perspective—24.11.09
18 November 2009
German Perspective—17.11.09
10 November 2009
German Perspective—10.11.09
03 November 2009
German Perspective—03.11.09
24 November 2009
German Perspective—24.11.09
US Perspective—24.11.09
The Jacobsen Commentary and Market OpinionCourtesy of www.thejacobsen.comThe market ended quietly after an early-week surge. Suppliers noted brisk business on Wednesday and Thursday. Some prices bounced back...
18 November 2009
German Perspective—17.11.09
What happened this week: The situation remains peculiar. Superficially, the market looks good and demand for better quality hides is steady. Stocks are well cleared and big players around the globe claim to...
US Perspective—17.11.09
The Jacobsen Commentary and Market OpinionCourtesy of www.thejacobsen.comLast week’s market continued to show strength, particularly in the upper-end steer and heifer selections. The week-to-date Jacobsen...
Market Intelligence—17.11.09
MacroeconomicsThe financial markets seem not to be too willing to take risks. Investment banks are reporting healthy profits, made on the fantastic combination of cheap money, a falling US dollar and rising...
10 November 2009
German Perspective—10.11.09
What happened this week: This week wasn’t much more enlightening than recent weeks. Trading is just about steady but not really convincing either. There is still some spot interest from China for some grades,...
US Perspective—10.11.09
The Jacobsen Commentary and Market OpinionCourtesy of www.thejacobsen.comThis past week has been anything but dull in the US hide market.Prices have slipped into high gear and as one tanner put it, “gone up in ...
03 November 2009
German Perspective—03.11.09
What happened this week: The market continues to get into better balance, slowly but surely. In particular in Europe one can now finally feel the normal seasonal recovery of production in the tanning...
US Perspective—03.11.09
The Jacobsen Commentary and Market OpinionCourtesy of www.thejacobsen.comLast week’s kills are estimated to fall in at 657,000, up 5,000 from the previous week and 11,000 from a year ago. The numbers are...
Market Intelligence—03.11.09
MacroeconomicsThe financial markets developed a bit of movement in the past two weeks and since they can function sometimes as trendsetters—even for the leather pipeline—it is always advisable to check the...