What happened this week: This week was in our case almost a non-event. Whether this is because of the upcoming Christmas season or simply that a lull has happened, general interest and inquiry was pretty much ...
Intelligence
December 2010The Pipeline
21 December 2010
German Perspective - 21.12.10
14 December 2010
German Perspective—14.12.10
07 December 2010
US Perspective—07.12.10
06 December 2010
US export sales for week ending 25.11.10
21 December 2010
German Perspective - 21.12.10
US Perspective—21.12.10
The Jacobsen Commentary and Market Opinion
Courtesy of www.thejacobsen.com
This week in the hide market was transitional following the run-up of hide prices to near-record levels over the past month. To a...
US export sales for week ending 09.12.10
USDA sales report for week ending December 9, export sales were below the week’s shipments and slaughter. For the week, combined wet blue and whole hide sales were 595,900 and shipments were 646,900. Slaughter ...
14 December 2010
German Perspective—14.12.10
What happened this week: It was a bit of a peculiar week. Some of last week’s activity was carried over into this one and on Monday things started quite actively. However, the situation changed quickly from...
Market Intelligence—14.12.10
Macroeconomics
After all the turbulence of earlier periods, we were actually surprised at how quiet the financial markets have been in the past fortnight. The risk and fear of a spread of the European debt...
US Perspective—14.12.10
The Jacobsen Commentary and Market Opinion
Courtesy of www.thejacobsen.com
The bullish market has a lot of people scratching their heads as they try to understand what is driving prices. This is particularly...
07 December 2010
US Perspective—07.12.10
The Jacobsen Commentary and Market Opinion
Courtesy of www.thejacobsen.com
The hide market last week was quiet. Prices remain steady-to-firm as tanners brace themselves to do business in a bullish...
German Perspective—07.12.10
What happened this week: This week was mainly determined by the global economy. The US dollar fell to below $1.30 to the euro, which many consider a severe set-back and an indication of the end of the common...
06 December 2010
US export sales for week ending 25.11.10
Hides and Skins: Net sales of 519,600 pieces reported for delivery in 2010, up 6% from the previous week and 2% from the prior four-week average. Whole cattle hides sales of 515,500 pieces were mainly for...