# Acrylic acid and Paints and coatings

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/acrylic-acid-and-paints-and-coatings/

[Acrylic acid](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/acrylic_acid/) (chemical) and [Paints and coatings](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/paints_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.