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30 August 2011
DE German Perspective—30.08.11
US US Perspective–30.07.11
23 August 2011
DE German Perspective—23.08.11
US US Perspective–23.07.11
Market Intelligence—23.08.11
16 August 2011
DE German Perspective - 16.08.11
09 August 2011
DE German Perspective - 09.08.11
Market Intelligence - 09.08.11
02 August 2011
DE German Perspective—02.08.11

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30 August 2011
Market
German Perspective—30.08.11
What happened this week: The clouds closing in. This week we saw the first one when a few more voices of market concern were heard. We had been pretty much alone until now, but some are now willing to at least ...
Market
US Perspective–30.07.11
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com The severe drought in the southern plains is pushing many cows to slaughter and calves into feed yards. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is...
23 August 2011
Market
German Perspective—23.08.11
What happened this week: The hide and skin market is probably the least of the problems at the moment. Stock market crashes, the endless story of the EU debt crisis and the threat of a new recession in the US...
Market
US Perspective–23.07.11
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com The common theme in conversations with members of the big packer market was that this was an uneventful week of trading. Sources share that interest...
Market
Market Intelligence—23.08.11
Macroeconomics The show goes on, but in the negative way. In the past two weeks the financial markets have not settled down and concerns about the global economy, in particular in Europe and the US, have not...
16 August 2011
Market
German Perspective - 16.08.11
What happened this week: It was a very, very quiet week apart from the ongoing turbulences on the financial markets and the riots on British streets. The quiet period would under normal conditions not really...
09 August 2011
Market
German Perspective - 09.08.11
What happened this week: Everybody was focussed on holidays and a relaxed and easy period of a few weeks ahead of us. Tanners on vacation, kill low, market stable, the best of all worlds. Well, this was until...
Market
Market Intelligence - 09.08.11
Macroeconomics   At the day of writing this issue we just finished a week with the highest losses in the stock market since the melt down of 2008. On Friday some – better than expected – data from the US...
02 August 2011
Market
German Perspective—02.08.11
What happened this week: Normally one could suspend reporting at this time of the year. Tanners in Europe are either on holiday already or they are winding down for the last days. Activity is pretty subdued...