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Energy in buildings and Thermal coal

Their prices have moved together.

Energy in buildings (energy) and Thermal coal (energy): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: power plant fuel

Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways

Coal remains the largest source of electricity in India and China and a declining one in the US. Yearly moves correlate at 0.32 with the US city price, weak because US tariffs depend mainly on gas and network costs.

  • 0.09 monthly change correlation
  • 0.32 12-month change correlation
  • 0.17 fitted elasticity

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