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US Spending on Residential Improvements: Feb 2019
The most recent data, released Tuesday, from Construction Spending showed that spending on US residential improvements fell to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of US$173 billion in March 2019, -14.1% lower than a year ago. RA very important segment to sawmills and lumber manufacturers, residential Improvement Spending in the US has experienced weakness after reaching the peak of…
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North America Softwood Lumber Production, Sawmill Capacity Utilization, WWPA: February 2019
The latest issue of the Western Wood Products Association’s monthly Lumber Track, for January-February 2019, shows a +2.1% increase in US softwood lumber production volume, to 5,780 mmfbm, compared to 5,659 million board feet (mmfbm) for the first two months of last year. There was a +3.3% increase for full-year 2018. January – February softwood…
