We kick off this new MacroFriday year in Europe with the publication of December’s inflation numbers this week. And, the inflation struggle is far from over. Headline inflation in the Euro Area dropped to 1.8% in September, falling below the ECB’s inflation target of 2%. At that time, inflation had reached its lowest level since June 2021. Since then, inflation has picked ...

In the article below we will try to argue why Industrial gases is a more interesting subsector of the Materials sector and take a look at some of the large players.   Industrial Gases: A big business with global reach  The global market for industrial gases exceeds 100 billion dollars in revenues. It is an oligopolistic market dominated by five major players – Air Liquide, ...