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Lighting and displays and Transformers and power electronics

Their prices have moved together.

Lighting and displays (energy) and Transformers and power electronics (energy): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: led drivers

Cost and price · Strong · Both ways

Every LED fixture contains a driver that converts mains power to low-voltage direct current. Yearly moves correlate at 0.70, a common driver from electrical equipment costs in US manufacturing. Driver quality also sets how long a fixture lasts.

  • 0.24 monthly change correlation
  • 0.70 12-month change correlation
  • 0.55 fitted elasticity

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