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25 November 2014

What happened this week: Fortunately, there was more demand and activity this week than we anticipated. Not that one could say this was the turn, or business had to be turned down, but at least some of the...

US Perspective - 25.11.14

Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com Last week saw interest on big packer hides improve compared to the past couple of weeks. Unfortunately, for those attempting to sell hides, the...

The Leather Pipeline - 25.11.14

Macroeconomics The financial markets have not been very active over the past fortnight. The G20 summit in Brisbane was probably the most important event and showed that the crisis in the Ukraine and Russian...

18 November 2014

German Perspective - 18.11.14

What happened this week: Another quiet week. It seems those tanners that are still running normally have more or less covered what they need for the end of the year and those in China may also not have much...

US Perspective - 18.11.14

US Perspective - 18.11.14 Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com Popular opinion of the trade is that prices of big packer hides drifted lower again last week, despite strong efforts by...

11 November 2014

German Perspective - 11.11.14

What happened this week: Another week has passed and we are rapidly approaching the end of the year. We are still missing the activity one normally experiences at this time of the year; last week was a bit...

US Perspective - 11.11.14

Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com Interest in big packer hides fizzled out towards the end of last week. Packers’ unwillingness to make any substantial concessions on trading...

The Leather Pipeline - 11.11.14

Macroeconomics The financial markets remain in roller-coaster mode, with a steep decline followed by a sharp rebound. In Tokyo new records, at least for the last several years, have even been set. Gold, oil...

04 November 2014

US Perspective - 04.11.14

Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com Last week in the big packer market saw sellers with ideas that they would push for higher prices, insisting higher prices were necessary in order to...

German Perspective - 04.11.14

What happened this week: Another peculiar week. We would assume that most players started the week in expectation of further price declines. The market opened slowly with little activity and it was a pretty...

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