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Recuperators and regenerators and Steel

Their prices have moved together.

Recuperators and regenerators (energy) and Steel (commodity): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: main material

Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways

Recuperators are built from stainless and heat-resistant steels. Monthly moves correlate at 0.28 and yearly at 0.45 with the steel index, a weak to moderate link because fabricated equipment adds labour and engineering on top of metal.

  • 0.28 monthly change correlation
  • 0.45 12-month change correlation
  • 0.66 fitted elasticity

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