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February 2011

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22 February 2011
Market Intelligence - 22.02.11
DE German Perspective - 22.02.11
US US Perspective – 22.02.11
15 February 2011
German Perspective—15.02.11
US Perspective–15.02.11
08 February 2011
DE German Perspective—08.02.11
US US Perspective–08.02.11
Market Intelligence—08.02.11
01 February 2011
DE German Perspective—01.02.11
US US Perspective–01.02.11

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22 February 2011
Market
Market Intelligence - 22.02.11
Macroeconomics   The global situation is becoming pretty tricky now. While China, India and some other emerging markets are fighting with inflation, in the rest of the world the recovery is stable. There might ...
Market
German Perspective - 22.02.11
What happened this week:  This week the highest market priority was to digest the sharp price gains we have seen in the past weeks. The market trend was already firm for quite a while, but basically prices...
Market
US Perspective – 22.02.11
The Jacobsen Commentary and Market Opinion Courtesy of www.thejacobsen.com   This week’s hide market started slowly but picked up as the week rolled on. It was a classic standoff. Buyers just back to work...
15 February 2011
Market
German Perspective—15.02.11
What happened this week: From a processor’s point of view Murphy’s law applied again this week. Some of the Gorilla males of the trade came out and began screaming and beating their chests to show how...
Market
US Perspective–15.02.11
The Jacobsen Commentary and Market Opinion Courtesy of www.thejacobsen.com The US hide market this week ran into resistance which led some buyers to walk away from increased offerings and resulted in lower...
08 February 2011
Market
German Perspective—08.02.11
What happened this week: From the demand side the market was again quiet this week. Asia is celebrating their Lunar New Year festival and most people are taking a break this time. It seems, that hopes that the ...
Market
US Perspective–08.02.11
The Jacobsen Commentary and Market Opinion Courtesy of www.thejacobsen.com Although most people agree that last week was relatively quiet with most of the Asian customers out of the market on holiday for the...
Market
Market Intelligence—08.02.11
Macroeconomics The past two weeks have been determined by the turbulences in Egypt and the question of possible uprisings in other countries in the Middle East and the threat of violence. Despite a number of...
01 February 2011
Market
German Perspective—01.02.11
What happened this week: This week was pretty much a copy of the last one. Reasonably quiet without any effect on the general market sentiment, which is still pretty positive. There is no disputing the...
Market
US Perspective–01.02.11
This past week’s hide market, although slightly less active than the previous couple of weeks, continued to show a bearish side. With steer hides up against the $80 FOB or $87-$88 C&F price levels, pundits ...