Category: Lumber News

  • 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…

  • 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)…

  • Canada/US Softwood Lumber Negotiation Update

    Last week when speaking about the softwood lumber negotiations between Canada and the US with Vaughn Palmer at the Vancouver Sun, British Columbia Premier Christy Clark said, “But we just haven’t seen enough movement from the American side of the table.” Madison’s confirmed this update with insiders to the talks: “Both sides have exchanged proposals…

  • Madison’s Lumber Reporter KEY PRICES Week of 05/20/16

    North American W-SPF 2×4 dimension softwood #lumber prices rise further this week, by +$8, on tight and fast-moving inventory; sawmill production high with order files one month out. E-SPF also up, +$5 only. Southern Pine moderates downward, –$5 only. US single-family housing starts April 2016 up +3.3% #building W-SPF 2×4 studs #lumber prices up also…

  • Canada Lumber Manufacturing Sales, US Building Material Retail Sales: Mar ’16

    Provincial Manufacturing Sales at Canadian Sawmills: Values 2012 to MAR 2016 BC C$1,271 million C$1,355 million 6.20% QUEBEC C$697 million C$693 million -0.60% ALBERTA C$394 million C$421 million 6.40% Total TOP 3 C$2,362 million C$2,470 million 4.40% 2015 to MAR 2016 to MAR US Building Material & Supplies Retail Trade:VALS ’12 to MAR ’16 US$59,573…