The Jacobsen Commentary and Market Opinion
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This week hide sales continued to be lower than the rate seen earlier in the year with the number of sales reported significantly...
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March 2011The Pipeline
29 March 2011
US Perspective – 29.03.11
22 March 2011
US Perspective – 22.03.11
15 March 2011
US Perspective–15.03.11
09 March 2011
German Perspective—08.03.11
01 March 2011
German Perspective - 01.03.11
29 March 2011
US Perspective – 29.03.11
German Perspective – 29.03.11
What happened this week: The week developed as expected. Waiting to see and doing the necessary minimum. Where close customer and supplier relations exist, attempts are being made to handle business relations...
22 March 2011
US Perspective – 22.03.11
The Jacobsen Commentary and Market Opinion
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The hide market ended last week with prices firm and volume down. For the week, the prices continued to show upward movement on both ...
Market Intelligence – 22.03.11
Macroeconomics
The situation in general in the business and economical world is overshadowed by the tragedy in Japan and the difficult situation in Northern Africa and the other Arabian countries. The...
German Perspective – 22.03.11
What happened this week: Well, the world is different than a week ago. The tragedy in Japan has shifted the focus quickly and people are rather worried about their safety, buying iodine tablets and instant...
15 March 2011
US Perspective–15.03.11
The Jacobsen Commentary and Market Opinion
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The hide market this past week remained steady-to-firm with several selections increasing from $1 to $2, and even more. BS sold for...
German Perspective—15.03.11
What happened this week: The situation continues to become more and more difficult. It is less a question of the general market trend, but rather more a home-made problem at the abattoirs. There is no question ...
09 March 2011
German Perspective—08.03.11
What happened this week: Another week with the same pattern as before. Tanners fighting and arguing about high raw material prices, sticky business conditions, a nervous market, but fundamentally still driven...
US Perspective–08.03.11
The Jacobsen Commentary and Market Opinion
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The current hide market continues to be firm as prices increase each week. Over the past year, all hide selections have increased...
Market Intelligence—08.03.11
Macroeconomics
Observers of the global economy are presently watching with great care the developments on the commodity markets. The focus is certainly on oil prices; oil is still the blood of the economic...
01 March 2011
German Perspective - 01.03.11
What happened this week: It was in the end a pretty complicated week. Although nothing fundamentally changed, the market tested the limits, which we saw it do last summer. A number of parameters have changed...
US Perspective - 01.03.11
The Jacobsen Commentary and Market Opinion
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The high BBS at $83 on Friday 25 February was the highest for the week – and likely one of the highest price points for the...