Caustic soda and Fatty acids

Their prices have moved together.

Caustic soda (chemical) and Fatty acids (chemical): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: shared demand driver

Cost and price · Strong · Both ways

Caustic soda turns fatty acids into soap, so both are used in the same plants and follow the same US chemical cycle. The indices share this common driver more than a direct cost link: monthly moves correlate at 0.34 and yearly moves at 0.60.

• 0.34 monthly change correlation
• 0.60 12-month change correlation
• 1.19 fitted elasticity

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