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15 December 2009
Market Intelligence—15.12.09
DE German Perspective—15.12.09
US US Perspective—15.12.09
08 December 2009
DE German Perspective—08.12.09
US US Perspective—08.12.09
03 December 2009
US US export sales for week ending 26.11.09
01 December 2009
Market intelligence--01.12.09
DE German perspective--01.12.09
US US perspective--01.12.09

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15 December 2009
Market
Market Intelligence—15.12.09
MacroeconomicsA few changes have taken place in the global markets during the last two weeks. Trouble that started some weeks ago with the payments problems in Dubai continued and spilled over into Europe....
Market
German Perspective—15.12.09
What happened this week: This week was another reasonably quiet one. European tanners seem to be done for the year; planning of final deliveries and filling gaps here and there were the dominating factors in...
Market
US Perspective—15.12.09
The Jacobsen Commentary and Market Opinion – 15.12.09Courtesy of www.thejacobsen.comA few surprisesA couple of events raised a few eyebrows in the hide trade during the week ended December 6. There were the...
08 December 2009
Market
German Perspective—08.12.09
What happened this week: There continues to be a massive discrepancy in terms of the day-to-day hides business and concerns about the start of 2010. In Europe I think business is done for 2009. Most tanneries...
Market
US Perspective—08.12.09
The Jacobsen Commentary and Market OpinionCourtesy of www.thejacobsen.comSlow startEveryone was getting their desks in order after Thanksgiving before resuming any trading last week. A good number of sources...
03 December 2009
Market
US export sales for week ending 26.11.09
Hides and Skins: Net sales of 139,200 pieces were down 69 percent from the previous week and 71 percent from the prior four-week average. Whole cattle hides sales of 137,900 piece--a marketing-year low--were...
01 December 2009
Market
Market intelligence--01.12.09
MacroeconomicsThe financial markets have only had one major piece of news to digest during the past two weeks. This was the shocking news last Thursday that a large investment holding in Dubai has asked to...
Market
German perspective--01.12.09
What happened this week: We are finding it more difficult week by week to get a reliable reading of this market. In superficial terms it looks pretty simple: good-quality hides are well sold and sellers are...
Market
US perspective--01.12.09
Courtesy of www.thejacobsen.comMarket activity and analysisThe Jacobsen was closed November 26-27 for Thanksgiving. As a result, the report covers Monday to Wednesday trading for last week.The market was very...