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Acrylic acid and Paints and coatings

Their prices have moved together.

Acrylic acid (chemical) and Paints and coatings (chemical): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: end use

Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways

Acrylate esters bind water-based paints, a large outlet. The paints index barely moves with the proxy monthly, 0.07, because paint prices are reset only a few times a year, but yearly moves correlate at 0.57.

  • 0.07 monthly change correlation
  • 0.57 12-month change correlation
  • 0.66 fitted elasticity

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.