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Other and primary batteries and Silver

Their prices have moved together.

Other and primary batteries (energy) and Silver (commodity): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: button cells

Cost and price · Weak · Both ways

Silver oxide cells power watches and small devices. Silver is costly, but the amount per cell is small, so the index shows no link, with monthly moves at 0.04 and yearly moves at -0.20.

  • 0.04 monthly change correlation
  • -0.20 12-month change correlation
  • 0.16 fitted elasticity

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