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Softwood #LUMBER Wholesale Prices 05/27/16:
Madison’s Reporter @LumberNews 3m3 minutes ago Softwood #LUMBER PRICES 05/27/16: WSPF KD 2×4 #2&Btr US$326 mfbm, +$0; ESPF KD 2×4 US$425, +$5; Doug Fir green 2×4 $350, +$0. *OSB 7/16″ ON C$345 msf, +$0. All prices are net FOB mill in U.S. dollars per 1000 board feet unless otherwise noted. * denotes Canadian dollars per…
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Softwood #LUMBER Wholesale Prices 05/27/16:
Madison’s Reporter @LumberNews 3m3 minutes ago Softwood #LUMBER PRICES 05/27/16: WSPF KD 2×4 #2&Btr US$326 mfbm, +$0; ESPF KD 2×4 US$425, +$5; Doug Fir green 2×4 $350, +$0. *OSB 7/16″ ON C$345 msf, +$0. All prices are net FOB mill in U.S. dollars per 1000 board feet unless otherwise noted. * denotes Canadian dollars per…
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US Housing Starts, Home Building: April 2016
April new home groundbreaking in the US increased 6.6 per cent to 1.17 million units, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. US housing starts rose 6.6 per cent to an annualized pace of 1.17 million units, as low mortgage rates continue to spur demand for home ownership. Building permits meanwhile climbed 3.6 per cent to a…
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Chicago Fed National Activity Index: April 2016
Led by improvements in production-related indicators, the Chicago Fed National Activity Index, released Thursday, rose to +0.10 in April from –0.55 in March. This index is a weighted average of 85 indicators of national economic activity drawn from four broad categories of data. Led improvements in production-related indicators, the Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI)…
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Canada Housing Construction Investment: March 2016
Investment in new Canadian residential construction totalled $3.8 billion in March, up 9.7 per cent from the same month a year earlier, said Statistics Canada Friday. At the national level, higher spending on apartment and apartment-condominium buildings, which rose 19.9 per cent to $1.4 billion, and single-family dwellings, which increased 5.9 per cent to $1.9…
