# Eve Markets are collapsing and the 'Hands off Approach' isn't working (trade is dead and Jita killed it)

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**Tags:** high-sec\
**Created:** [November 7, 2023, 11:22pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-markets-are-collapsing-and-the-hands-off-approach-isnt-working-trade-is-dead-and-jita-killed-it/426801 "2023-11-07T23:22:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 10:33am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-markets-are-collapsing-and-the-hands-off-approach-isnt-working-trade-is-dead-and-jita-killed-it/426801/137 "2023-11-12T10:33:43Z")

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> [@stefnia\_Freir](#):
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> know how cost index works, thanks. And it’s the opposite, with the recent changes CCP has reduced the difference of cost indexes. Now the lowest research labo in HS is 1.87 (and I started a bunch of jobs so it should rise soon ish) . So 3.62 effective.

Nope. The lowest is just shy of 2% effective. Technically moving from 4% to 2% halves the taxes. I am not sure if it is worth the hassle to do. On another hand moving from 10% (effective) to 2%? Worth it. The problem is: how much of these 8% is me alone? (about half of it) Logistics involved with moving is a bit more complex than just moving things. Research indexes don’t matter as much unless you are running very expensive research jobs.

> [@stefnia\_Freir](#):
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> Just because CCP added something alike for industry jobs, does not mean it makes any sense to apply it to market

Added? It was here for a very long time. They just been adjusted for a first time in a very long time. CCP introduced potent isk faucets and turned to industry for isk sink.

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