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Lighting and displays and Polycarbonate

Their prices have moved together.

Lighting and displays (energy) and Polycarbonate (chemical): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: end use

Cost and price · Weak · Both ways

LED lamps and fittings use polycarbonate lenses and diffusers. The lighting fixtures index barely moves with the resin proxy, 0.02 monthly, because fittings prices depend mostly on electronics and labour.

  • 0.02 monthly change correlation
  • 0.02 12-month change correlation
  • 0.68 fitted elasticity

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