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Lumber Import and Export (USA), Lumber Prices : July and August 2014
Lumber Import and Export (USA), Lumber Prices : July and August 2014 from Madison’s Lumber Reporter
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Study: Manufacturing Sales 2013, Canada
Canadian manufacturing sales increased in 2013 for the fourth year in a row, Statistics Canada announcement Monday. Sales edged up 0.3 per cent and have almost fully recovered from the recession of 2008-2009. By contrast, constant dollar sales fell 0.9 per cent year over year, indicating a drop in volumes. Constant dollar sales in 2013…
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US Supply of New Homes: August
The August increase of the pace of new home sales pushed the months’ supply measure of inventory to its lowest level in more than a year. According to estimates from the Census Bureau and HUD released Thursday, on a nonseasonally adjusted basis the inventory of for-sale newly built homes stood at 206,000 in August. This…
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New Home Sales, US
In a joint release the Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development reported Wednesday that newly constructed single family homes sold at a seasonally adjusted annual pace of 504 thousand in August, up 18 per cent from July and 33 per cent from August 2013. The supply of new homes available for sale…
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Fort Francis Pulp Mill
The kraft pulp mill across the Rainy River in Fort Frances, ON, could have a buyer, according to a report this week in the Fort Frances Times. Possible Buyer The mill had previously been closed permanently in May by owner Resolute Forest Products, which followed a January announcement of an extended period of market-related outage…
