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EPDM and Underground, submarine and superconducting cables

Their prices have moved together.

EPDM (chemical) and Underground, submarine and superconducting cables (energy): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: end use

Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways

EPDM insulates medium-voltage and flexible power cables, so grid and wind farm build-out adds demand. The cable price index moves with the rubber proxy at only 0.05 monthly and 0.47 yearly, as cable prices are driven mostly by copper.

  • 0.05 monthly change correlation
  • 0.47 12-month change correlation
  • 0.40 fitted elasticity

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