It says at Galnet news feed that taxes will rise in Federation space next year.
I would like to think that it has some effect on economy, but what kind of effect?
Is there a possibility to make big bucks with some commodity buying now and selling after new year?
Come to think of it, you can probably store goods with the ship (buy type 9, load it up, put it into storage). I haven't tried it myself though - just a wild guess
Actually, my point was that if this game has a living and breathing world where one thing affects another, it would be presumable that that tax rise would at least has some effect on market.