What happened this week: There is still little to add to the statements made last week. Our market continues to struggle and with the hides not representing their fair average value it is increasingly...
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September 2009The Pipeline
29 September 2009
German Perspective—29.09.09
22 September 2009
US Perspective—22.09.09
15 September 2009
US Perspective—15.09.09
08 September 2009
German Perspective—08.09.09
07 September 2009
Latest UK and Ireland Slaughter Statistics
01 September 2009
German Perspective—01.09.09
29 September 2009
German Perspective—29.09.09
US Perspective—29.09.09
The Jacobsen Commentary and Market OpinionCourtesy of www.thejacobsen.comThere was very little activity to report at the end of last week, with some stronger prices but nothing exceptionally higher. The...
22 September 2009
US Perspective—22.09.09
The Jacobsen Commentary and Market OpinionCourtesy of www.thejacobsen.comAfter a fairly quiet week, the market wrapped up with a surge of late afternoon trades on Friday. Prices on steer selections were off...
German Perspective—22.09.09
What happened this week: As in almost all other markets around the world our trading activity has slowed down to very limited levels and only the few items that are presently in reasonable demand are...
Market Intelligence—22.09.09
MacroeconomicsThe financial sector is continuing to bet on the end of the recession and the progress of the recovery. Stock markets continue to rise. Risk aversion is declining and the game of ‘making money...
15 September 2009
US Perspective—15.09.09
The Jacobsen Commentary and Market OpinionCourtesy of www.thejacobsen.comHats off to the pundits who predicted last week’s hide sales to be around 300,000—you were very close. The net US export whole cattle...
German Perspective—15.09.09
What happened this week: In Germany there seems to be hardly anyone in the hide trade today who realises what the market realities are. Everyone seems to have the one and only aim of breaking competitors’...
08 September 2009
German Perspective—08.09.09
What happened this week: The show is over and the show must go on.This week the eye of the hurricane of the hide business was Shanghai. The All China Leather Exhibition (ACLE) show was extremely well attended...
US Perspective—08.09.09
The Jacobsen Commentary and Market OpinionCourtesy of www.thejacobsen.comAlthough there have been encouraging reports from housing and manufacturing lately, the latest US unemployment and retail sales reports...
Market Intelligence—08.09.09
MacroeconomicsWe will keep this section short this time. Financial analysts see more and more signs to make them believe that the recession is behind us. Sentiments are rising. Production declines are slowing...
07 September 2009
Latest UK and Ireland Slaughter Statistics
UK figures supplied by Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). Irish figures courtesy of Central Statistics Office of Ireland (CSO). All figures expressed as ‘000 head July 2009Monthly...
01 September 2009
German Perspective—01.09.09
What happened this week: This week was only dominated by the activity in Europe for fresh, chilled male hides. European tanners needed to renew their delivery programmes for September and October and had to...
US Perspective—01.09.09
The Jacobsen Commentary and Market OpinionCourtesy of www.thejacobsen.comAs sellers visit customers ahead of the All China Leather Exhibition in Shanghai (September 2–4), strong resistance to high prices and...