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US Railcar Loadings: 2020
Total combined U.S. traffic for 2020 was 25,157,476 carloads and intermodal units, a decrease of -7.2% compared to last year. Total U.S. carload traffic for the first 12 months of 2020 was 11,482,059 carloads, down -13%, or 1,705,963 carloads, from the same period last year; and 13,675,417 intermodal units, down -2%, or 255,634 containers and…
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US Housing Market & Softwood Lumber Prices: 2020
Benchmark Dimension Softwood Lumber and Panel Wholesaler Prices: December 2020 A consistent bright point in the confusing US economy for 2020 has been real estate and the housing market. As February US housing starts and home sales data came out, it became clear that home building and buying activity was headed for quite an upswing.…
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Madison’s Full Softwood Lumber Prices List: Sample
Softwood Lumber Prices Sample: Nov – Dec 2020 Or to view file as a .pdf, click here: https://madisonsreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/MadisonsFullPriceListSample-copy.pdf Attached is a 4-week sample of the full list of 440 individual softwood lumber and panel commodity wholesaler prices (net FOB sawmill) updated every Friday morning. These prices updates are available weekly to Madison’s subscribers. To view the historical…
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Madison’s Weekly Softwood Lumber Prices Snapshot: Year-End 2020
Unseasonably strong softwood lumber demand persisted this week as prices on virtually every commodity advanced again. Madison’s Lumber Reporter would like to wish all our wonderful subscribers and contacts a very safe and Happy Holiday Season, we will be back in January with the latest updates! #sawmill #softwood #lumber #ushousing #housing #building #construction #wood
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US Housing Starts & Softwood Lumber Prices: November and December 2020
US Housing Total Starts November 2020 & Benchmark Softwood Lumber Prices December 2020 At a completely unusual time of year, US housing starts for November 2020 increased — for the third straight month even. Residential starts rose +1.2% to a 1.55 million annualized rate from a downwardly revised 1.528 million a month earlier. Single-family starts,…
