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US Treasury Budget Deficit
Read more: US Treasury Budget DeficitThe Treasury May Monthly Treasury Statement released Wednesday reported a US$130 billion deficit in May 2014, down from US$138 billion in May 2013. For fiscal year 2014 through May, the deficit was US$436 billion, compared to US$626 billion for the same period in fiscal 2013. The Congressional Budget Office released their Updated Budget Projections: 2014…
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Wood Trade Globally
Read more: Wood Trade GloballyA wide array of data was released this week demonstrating softwood imports and exports to various regions of the world: The US imported 8.932 million cubic metres of softwood lumber between January and April 2014 according to the US Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), a 3 per cent increase over the same period last year. Canada’s…
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BC Sawmill Worker Injured
Read more: BC Sawmill Worker InjuredDetails about the condition, identity, and injuries of a Centurion Lumber Manufacturing worker, hurt late Thursday morning in a planer mill near Chemainus, BC, were unknown at press time. Cpl. Jon Stuart of the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP confirmed on scene man in his mid- to late-50s was seriously injured at 11:33 a.m. in the firm’s…
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US Real Estate, Mortgages
Read more: US Real Estate, MortgagesAsking home prices rose at their slowest rate in 13 months, rising just 8 per cent year-over-year, or 7.2 per cent excluding foreclosures, according to Trulia Thursday. Although this year-over-year increase is slower than in previous months, an 8 per cent increase is still far above the long-term historical norm for home-price appreciation, the agency…
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British Columbia Exports to Asia 2000-2013
Read more: British Columbia Exports to Asia 2000-2013British Columbia Exports to Asia A new analysis of more than a decade’s worth of trade data show that the volume of shipped goods out of Canada varies widely by province and sector. British Columbia’s exports to Asia, for example, have nearly doubled between 2000 and 2013 from roughly 24 per cent of provincial exports…
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Madison’s Lumber Reporter FREE Sample Issue
Read more: Madison’s Lumber Reporter FREE Sample IssueEvery six months or so we update the one-time free sample issue of our weekly Madison’s Lumber Reporter. It can also be downloaded here . . . LATEST SAMPLE ISSUE
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Madison’s Lumber Reporter FREE Sample Issue
Read more: Madison’s Lumber Reporter FREE Sample IssueEvery six months or so we update the one-time free sample issue of our weekly Madison’s Lumber Reporter. It can also be downloaded here . . . LATEST SAMPLE ISSUE
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Madison’s Weekly Lumber Market Comment
Read more: Madison’s Weekly Lumber Market CommentTrue summer-like days extended across North America this week as lumber and panel prices in the US and Canada floundered, writes Keta Kosman in Madison’s Lumber Reporter www.madisonseport.com Producers and wholesalers could not agree on the situation with the cash market; resellers claimed growing inventories and weak demand even as sawmills increased production. Prices of…
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Madison’s Weekly Lumber Market Comment
Read more: Madison’s Weekly Lumber Market CommentTrue summer-like days extended across North America this week as lumber and panel prices in the US and Canada floundered, writes Keta Kosman in Madison’s Lumber Reporter www.madisonseport.com Producers and wholesalers could not agree on the situation with the cash market; resellers claimed growing inventories and weak demand even as sawmills increased production. Prices of…
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BC Logger Fatality
Read more: BC Logger FatalityBritish Columbia RCMP in conjunction with the BC Coroner’s Service and Worksafe BC responded to a logging accident that claimed the life of a 35 year Nelson, BC, man Tuesday morning. At approximately 8:30 AM police were call to the accident which took place near the Smallwood Forest Service Road. It appears the man was…
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US wood pellet exports double in 2013
Read more: US wood pellet exports double in 2013Wood pellet exports from the United States nearly doubled last year, from 1.6 million short tons (approximately 22 trillion Btu) in 2012 to 3.2 million short tons in 2013, said a new report by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) reprinted by Penn Energy Friday. More than 98 per cent of these exports were delivered to…
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House Prices, US
Read more: House Prices, USHome prices in 20 US cities rose at a slower pace in the year ended in March as the housing market began to weaken at the start of 2014. The S&P/Case-Shiller index of property values increased 12.4 percent from March 2013, the smallest 12-month gain since July, after rising 12.9 percent in the year…
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India and Wood Products
Read more: India and Wood ProductsNearly 75 per cent of Myanmar’s timber trade is illegal, accounting for an estimated US$6 billion, according to the Myanmar Times. The majority of this timber has been exported to China, Thailand, and India — without processing. In the last 14 years, 8 million cubic metres of wood was traded without the permission of the…
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Plum Creek Sells
Read more: Plum Creek SellsPlum Creek Timber is selling about 50,000 acres of its Wisconsin land, most of it in Adams and Wood counties, to Timberland Investment Resources, said Mark Doty, Plum Creek community affairs manager, to the Wisconsin Rapids Tribune Friday. Plum Creek will continue to own about 11,000 acres in the state, with most of that land…
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Canadian Forest Product Company 1Q 2015 Results Comparison
Read more: Canadian Forest Product Company 1Q 2015 Results Comparison
