-
North America Structural Panel Production: 2015
Structural panel production and apparent consumption in North America decreased by 4.9 per cent and 4.5 per cent in 4Q 2015 from 3Q, as The Engineered Wood Association reported Wednesday. Structural panel production increased by 1 per cent, compared to 4Q 2014, and apparent consumption went up by 1.6 per cent. Numbers from 2015 show…
-
US Leading Economic Index: December 2015
The index of US economic indicators decreased in December for the first time in three months, weighed by slowing factory orders and fewer building permits. The Conference Board’s measure of the economic outlook for the next three to six months fell 0.2 per cent in December after rising 0.5 per cent the month before, the…
-
US Housing Starts, Existing Home Sales, Home Construction
Home builders in the US cut back slightly on new construction in the final month of 2015, though they built the most homes last year since 2007. Housing starts fell 2.5 per cent last month to an annual rate of 1.15 million, the US Commerce Department said Wednesday. For the full year home builders started…
-
Canada Investment in Construction: 4Q and Nov 2015
Investment in Canadian non-residential building construction reached $12.6 billion in 4Q, down 1.7 per cent from the previous quarter, according to Statistics Canada Monday. Investment in Canadian residential construction rose 2.2 per cent to $4.3 billion in November compared with the same month in 2014, said StatsCan Thursday. Higher construction spending on apartment and apartment-condominium…
-
US Residential Construction Employment
The count of unfilled jobs in the overall construction sector increased in November, as hiring in the home building sector accelerated. According to the BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) and NAHB analysis Tuesday, the number of open construction sector jobs (on a seasonally adjusted basis) increased to 135,000 in November from 121,000…
