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New Year 2021 Starts Off With Rising Softwood Lumber Prices
In the first full week back to work of 2021, the latest data of housing construction and home sales out of the US shows a marked increase over the previous year. The economic indicators for future home building, and remodelling, are rosy. Macroeconomic conditions in the US remain murky, however there are two things that…
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US Railcar Loadings: 2020
Total combined U.S. traffic for 2020 was 25,157,476 carloads and intermodal units, a decrease of -7.2% compared to last year. Total U.S. carload traffic for the first 12 months of 2020 was 11,482,059 carloads, down -13%, or 1,705,963 carloads, from the same period last year; and 13,675,417 intermodal units, down -2%, or 255,634 containers and…
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Madison’s Weekly Softwood Lumber Prices Snapshot: Year-End 2020
Unseasonably strong softwood lumber demand persisted this week as prices on virtually every commodity advanced again. Madison’s Lumber Reporter would like to wish all our wonderful subscribers and contacts a very safe and Happy Holiday Season, we will be back in January with the latest updates! #sawmill #softwood #lumber #ushousing #housing #building #construction #wood
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US Housing Starts & Softwood Lumber Prices: November and December 2020
US Housing Total Starts November 2020 & Benchmark Softwood Lumber Prices December 2020 At a completely unusual time of year, US housing starts for November 2020 increased — for the third straight month even. Residential starts rose +1.2% to a 1.55 million annualized rate from a downwardly revised 1.528 million a month earlier. Single-family starts,…
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Historically High Plywood Prices Comparison: Graph
Canadian Softwood Plywood 9.5mm (3/8″) TORONTO Prices: 1999 compared to 2003 and 2020 Food for thought …. the historical high Plywood prices of 1999 were briefly eclipsed in 2003 due to rebuilding after the devastation of Hurricane Andrew in the US. Year-end 2020 Plywood prices have surpassed even the boggling highs of 2003. Will upward…
