Carbon black and Natural rubber

Their prices have moved together.

Carbon black (chemical) and Natural rubber (commodity): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: co-input in tyres

Cost and price · Weak · Both ways

Tyres combine natural rubber, synthetic rubber and carbon black as a strengthening filler, so the same tyre demand drives them. The US carbon black index moves on its own oil-based costs: monthly moves correlate at minus 0.15 and yearly moves at 0.13.

• -0.15 monthly change correlation
• 0.13 12-month change correlation
• -0.23 fitted elasticity

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