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April 2015

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28 April 2015
US US Perspective—28.04.15
DE German Perspective - 28.04.15
21 April 2015
The Leather Pipeline - 21.04.15
US US Perspective—21.04.15
DE German Perspective - 21.04.15
14 April 2015
US US Perspective—14.04.15
DE German Perspective - 14.04.15
07 April 2015
DE German Perspective - 7.4.15
US US Perspective - 7.4.15
The Leather Pipeline - 7.4.15

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28 April 2015
Market
US Perspective—28.04.15
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com Last week in the big packer trade the decline in prices slowed considerably. We did not see as many hides changing hands as in the week prior. There...
Market
German Perspective - 28.04.15
What happened this week: Last week was another week with reasonably limited activity. This is not really a surprise because general tanners’ interest has slowed down since the end of March. Leather...
21 April 2015
Market
The Leather Pipeline - 21.04.15
Macroeconomics Politics and the general economy generated no important headlines again. None of the general conflicts has been resolved but the financial markets appear unwilling to surprise the public with...
Market
US Perspective—21.04.15
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com The consensus of the big packer trade is there were a substantial number of hides changing hands last week once packers resigned themselves to lower...
Market
German Perspective - 21.04.15
What happened this week: The situation is not getting any better, at least going by what we experienced last week. Murphy’s Law (‘Whatever can go wrong will go wrong’) applies. Generally...
14 April 2015
Market
US Perspective—14.04.15
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com Last week saw packers start the week with intentions of pricing cattle at trading levels towards those of the end of the week prior. However by the...
Market
German Perspective - 14.04.15
What happened this week: The week after the APLF exhibition in Hong Kong was shortened by a holiday on Easter Monday in most regions around the globe. Apart from this, the week followed the usual pattern of...
07 April 2015
Market
German Perspective - 7.4.15
What happened this week: The trade had waited for so long to meet in Hong Kong for the APLF leather fair. Traditionally it is a landmark in the first half of every year and most people take the opportunity to...
Market
US Perspective - 7.4.15
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com           Last week saw packers start the week with thoughts that they would try to hold prices steady....
Market
The Leather Pipeline - 7.4.15
Macroeconomics The financial markets have been pretty stagnant in the past two weeks. Stock markets, the currency market and the commodity markets moved sideways and most players are trying to close the first...