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Chlorine and Water

Their prices have moved together.

Chlorine (chemical) and Water (commodity): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: treatment input

Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways

Chlorine and caustic soda disinfect and condition drinking water, so treatment costs rise with them. The index for this chemical group shows a modest tie, monthly moves correlating at 0.28 and yearly moves at 0.42, mostly a shared US inflation backdrop rather than direct cost pass-through.

  • 0.28 monthly change correlation
  • 0.42 12-month change correlation
  • 0.97 fitted elasticity

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