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Tag: Softwood Lumber Prices

  • US Construction Materials Prices: March 2018

    Building materials prices in the US continued to climb in March, according to the latest Producer Price Index release by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics Tuesday. OSB-led price increases, up +9.3% since February, while the indexes for ready-mix concrete (+3.3%), softwood lumber (+2.2%), structural steel (+2.0%), and gypsum products (+1.1%) also moved higher. US Construction Materials…

  • Full Year 2017 North America Forest Industry Data Out Now

    Just last week the US Census, Statistics Canada, and Industry Canada have updated data for Canadian and US lumber and log sales and export, and Canadian softwood lumber production and sales. Most of the insight to emerge from this latest data is as expected, but one thing which seems to have slipped past most observers…

  • US Residential Construction Spending: Feb 2018

    NAHB analysis of Census Construction Spending data, released Monday, shows that total private residential construction spending in the US stood at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of US$533 billion in February, a gain of 0.1% from the upwardly revised estimate of January. Over the past 12 months, total private residential construction spending was up 5.5%.…

  • US Construction Self-Employment Rates: Full Year 2016

    According to the 2016 ACS, released Thursday, over 23% of construction workers are self-employed, while an economy-wide average does not reach 10% of the employed labor force. The high self-employment rates in construction reflect a common practice of builders and remodellers to maintain relatively small payrolls and rely on subcontractors for a large share of…

  • Get Accurate Data for Your Forestry Investment Needs Every Week

    Nothing beats the value of accurate data …. don’t go with the wrong guys, go with the right guys. Madison’s Lumber Reporter is the only source PROVEN to be completely unbiased and uninfluenced when printing North American softwood lumber and construction panel solid wood prices. Madison’s has been publishing quality news and price information about Canadian…