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25 September 2012
DE German Perspective - 25.09.12
US US Perspective—25.09.12
18 September 2012
DE German Perspective - 18.09.12
US US Perspective—18.09.12
Market Intelligence - 18.09.12
11 September 2012
US US Perspective—11.09.12
DE German Perspective - 11.09.12
04 September 2012
US Perspective - 04.09.12
Market Intelligence - 04.09.12
DE German Perspective - 04.09.12

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25 September 2012
Market
German Perspective - 25.09.12
What happened this week: The market continues to be trapped in the currency fluctuations and in the short-term approach of buyers and sellers. This keeps things moving from week to week with very small...
Market
US Perspective—25.09.12
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com Last week saw packers with asking prices roughly a dollar higher across the board. Asking prices on HNS reflected levels as high as $94 delivered,...
18 September 2012
Market
German Perspective - 18.09.12
What happened this week: The week after Shanghai failed to have any sobering effect on the abattoirs and they continued to insist on more money for their hides. Some of the enthusiasm faded a bit, but in the...
Market
US Perspective—18.09.12
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com Reports from various members of the big packer trade reflect a mixed bag of trading. The majority of packers laid claims this past week to decent...
Market
Market Intelligence - 18.09.12
Macroeconomics The big news over the past two weeks is the approval of the German high court for the EU rescue programmes and the decision from the Federal Reserve in the US for a third quantitative easing...
11 September 2012
Market
US Perspective—11.09.12
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com The impressions of the All China Leather Exhibition in Shanghai that we heard from a mix of participants was that the fair was a success and we did...
Market
German Perspective - 11.09.12
What happened this week: The long-awaited All China Leather Exhibition in Shanghai is over and for most it was a relief that nothing extraordinary happened and in the end turned out to be business as as usual. ...
04 September 2012
Market
US Perspective - 04.09.12
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com Members of the big packer trade reported a difficult week of trading last week. Packers who had hopes of attempting to hold prices unchanged with...
Market
Market Intelligence - 04.09.12
Macroeconomics There is no question that the global economy is facing a more gloomy outlook than some month ago. Governments and officials are trying to camouflage the problems so as not to make the situation ...
Market
German Perspective - 04.09.12
What happened this week: Most people are now in Shanghai or on the road. Those who are already in Asia and having been around some of their clients in the various countries are most likely to have been a bit...