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Organic pigments and Talc

Their prices have moved together.

Organic pigments (chemical) and Talc (commodity): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: shared demand

Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways

Talc and pigments are both bought by paint, plastics and ink makers, so they face the same customers and the same US producer cost pressures. The indexes move together modestly, at 0.28 monthly and 0.39 yearly, and 0.37 in the last five years.

  • 0.28 monthly change correlation
  • 0.39 12-month change correlation
  • 1.56 fitted elasticity

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