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March 2013

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26 March 2013
DE German Perspective – 26.03.13
US US perspective – 26.03.13
19 March 2013
Market Intelligence - 19.03.13
US US Perspective - 19.03.13
DE German Perspective - 19.03.13
12 March 2013
US US Perspective—12.03.13
DE German Perspective - 12.03.13
05 March 2013
Market Intelligence - 05.03.13
US US Perspective—05.03.13
DE German Perspective - 05.03.13

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26 March 2013
Market
German Perspective – 26.03.13
What happened: It was the final week before the big get-together [at the APLF] in Hong Kong. We cannot share the great activity other people report from other parts of the world; there was a patchy amount of...
Market
US perspective – 26.03.13
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com Members of the trade doubting that there was any possible upside to big packer prices the last two to three weeks appear as if they have become...
19 March 2013
Market
Market Intelligence - 19.03.13
Macroeconomics Europe continues to be trapped in the debt crisis. This week the EU agreed on a EUR 10 billion bailout programme for Cyprus. Economic news out of other countries, particularly in the south of...
Market
US Perspective - 19.03.13
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com THE COMMENTARY Popular opinion of trade is that packers had a moderately successful week of trading last week, with prices inching higher, and it...
Market
German Perspective - 19.03.13
What happened this week: We are finishing another week of limited activity, at least as far as the general market is concerned. The heat and the excitement continues to come from the automotive market and this ...
12 March 2013
Market
US Perspective—12.03.13
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com The big packer market firmed again last week on the heels of decent volume, especially from China. Multiple sources reported a very active start to...
Market
German Perspective - 12.03.13
What happened this week: In general, it was a reasonably slow week again. The week started with some interest from regular clients and a few sales were generated. Interest dried up almost completely until...
05 March 2013
Market
Market Intelligence - 05.03.13
Macroeconomics For the past two weeks most of the financial markets’ attention has been on the elections in Italy. Normally one would not expect that an election in one of the EU member states could...
Market
US Perspective—05.03.13
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com Last week the bigger packer market yielded some mixed results. Overall, most sources reported a sluggish start to the week. However, by the time...
Market
German Perspective - 05.03.13
What happened this week: As far market activity and news and rumours are concerned we have to admit that it was a very quiet week again. There is simply nothing happening to make the market move. Even the...