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Tin and Transformers and power electronics

Their prices have moved together.

Tin (commodity) and Transformers and power electronics (energy): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: solder demand

Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways

Every circuit board and power module is soldered, so electronics and power equipment output drives tin demand. The proxy is a US transformer price index, which correlates only weakly with tin: 0.14 monthly and 0.38 yearly.

  • 0.14 monthly change correlation
  • 0.38 12-month change correlation
  • 1.13 fitted elasticity

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