Polypropylene and Talc

Their prices have moved together.

Polypropylene (chemical) and Talc (commodity): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: main use

Cost and price · Weak · Both ways

Talc-filled polypropylene is used for car bumpers, dashboards and appliance housings, making it a large talc outlet. The proxy index shows no real link, monthly moves at -0.04 and yearly moves at -0.27, because filler contracts change slowly and the proxy covers a wide basket of minerals.

• -0.04 monthly change correlation
• -0.27 12-month change correlation
• 1.32 fitted elasticity

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