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North America Structural Panel Production: 2015
Read more: North America Structural Panel Production: 2015Structural 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…
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US Leading Economic Index: December 2015
Read more: US Leading Economic Index: December 2015The 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…
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US Housing Starts, Existing Home Sales, Home Construction
Read more: US Housing Starts, Existing Home Sales, Home ConstructionHome 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…
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Canada Investment in Construction: 4Q and Nov 2015
Read more: Canada Investment in Construction: 4Q and Nov 2015Investment 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…
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Canada Investment in Construction: 4Q and Nov 2015
Read more: Canada Investment in Construction: 4Q and Nov 2015Investment 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…
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Timber Revenues and Returns 2015
Read more: Timber Revenues and Returns 2015CatchMark Timber Trust: Analysts Take Wall Street research analysts are predicting that CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc. (NYSE:CTT) will post earnings per share of US$0.14 when the firm next issues their quarterly results. According to the latest information, the firm should release the report on or around 2016-02-22. This is according to data compliled by Zack’s…
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North America Timber Revenue and Returns 2015
Read more: North America Timber Revenue and Returns 2015Some reports and analysis of North America’s timber finance 2015 are examined. Acadian Timber Is A Prime Beneficiary Of Positive Macro Trends And Canadian Subsidies Nicholas Bodnar — Seeking Alpha Summary • Acadian Timber is an overlooked Canadian microcap lumber company, with some of the highest margins in the industry. • Currently the company is…
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US Residential Construction Employment
Read more: US Residential Construction EmploymentThe 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…
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US Residential Construction Employment
Read more: US Residential Construction EmploymentThe 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…
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US Producer Prices: December 2015
Read more: US Producer Prices: December 2015In the US, The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the Producer Price Indexes (PPI) for December Friday. Inflation in prices received by producers (prior to sales to consumers) declined 0.2 per cent in December based on declining energy prices. Prices for goods declined 0.7 per cent, but excluding food and energy, rose 0.1 per…
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Canada Housing Starts: December 2015
Read more: Canada Housing Starts: December 2015Canadian housing starts fell more than expected in December from a month ear- lier as construction of multiple units, typically condominiums, dropped sharply, the national housing agency reported on Monday. The Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corp indicated the seasonally adjusted an- nualized rate of housing starts dropped to 172,965 units in December from an up–…
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Sawmill Fire
Read more: Sawmill FireNobody was injured when a small fire caused an explosion that ripped a hole in a wall at the Flavelle Sawmill in Port Moody, BC, early Tuesday morning. PoMo Fire Chief Remo Faedo told The Tri-City News investigators are unsure what caused the blaze but said the flames heated up a nitrogen tank attached to…
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Japan Lumber and Logs: October 2015, Housing Starts
Read more: Japan Lumber and Logs: October 2015, Housing StartsAccording to Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries “Informa- tion on the Exports and Imports of Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Products” report, Japan’s export of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products amounted to 66.07 billion yen in October 2015, an increase of 17.5 per cent from the same month of the previous year, said the…
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US and Canada Lumber Production: October 2015
Read more: US and Canada Lumber Production: October 2015Lumber production in the United States totalled 27.022 billion board feet from January through October 2015. This represents a 1.2 per cent increase as com– pared to January-October 2014, according to the Western Wood Products Association’s “Lumber Track” publication, released Wednesday. Lumber production in Canada from January through October 2015 totalled 22.193 billion board feet.…
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Truck Logger Association Announces….
Read more: Truck Logger Association Announces….Members of The Truck Loggers Association elected their first female president, Jacqui Beban, at their AGM in Vancouver this week. The Truck Loggers Association has had 37 male presidents since its incorporation on May 4, 1943. This is a historic first for The Truck Loggers Association and BC’s forest industry.
