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Canada Industrial Capacity Utilization Rates: 2Q 2015
Canadian industries operated at 81.3 per cent of their production capacity in 2Q, down from 82.6 per cent in 1Q, said Statistics Canada Thursday. This was the second consecutive quarterly decline. As in the previous quarter, the mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction and manufacturing industries led the decline. Outside of manufacturing, capacity utilization…
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Housing Starts, Canada: August 2015
Housing starts in Canada rose 12.2 per cent to an annual rate of 216,924 units in August, surpassing expectations, reflecting a jump in condo activity in Toronto, Canada’s largest city. Urban starts rose 13.6 per cent last month to 201,312 units, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp said Wednesday. In the urban segment, multi-unit starts rose…
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Lumber Production, Sawmill Capacity: June 2015
US lumber production increased 2.7 per cent through June compared to the same 6 month period last year, according to the Western Wood Products Association’s latest Lumber Track, released Tuesday. Total US production through June was 16.02 BBF, up from 15.59 BBF last year. Production in the West increased 0.9 per cent in the first…
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Madison’s Lumber Reporter KEY PRICES Week of 09/11/15
Madison’s Reporter @LumberNews #LUMBER PRICES 09/11: WSPF KD 2×4 #2&Btr US$245 mfbm; WSPF KD PET 2×4 Studs $225; Doug Fir green #2&Btr 2×4 $305; OSB ON 7/16″ C$272 msf. http://162.213.156.131/~madisonsreport/lumber-prices/
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ISM Manufacturing Index, US: August 2015
The Institute for Supply Management’s manufacturing purchasing managers index, released Tuesday, fell to 51.1 in August from 52.7 in July. Manufacturing Index, US The ISM survey’s exports index declined to 46.5 last month from 48 in July. That gauge has slid each month since May—the last time it was at a break-even level. The new-orders…
