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North American Softwood Lumber Annual Price Cycle Explained
North America construction framing dimension softwood lumber and panel prices used in Canadian and US home building. Explanation of the seasonal cycle for softwood lumber buying as well as investment the sawmills need to make for their feedstock — log supply and inventory.
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Madison’s Lumber Reporter: Softwood Lumber Price Data Explanation
North America construction framing dimension softwood lumber and panel prices used in Canadian and US home building. Explanation of the various products, including tables and graphs showing current prices against a historical perspective.
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Madison’s Lumber Reporter: January 11, 2021 Softwood Lumber Prices Update
Compared to the price one-year-ago, of US$402 mfbm, last week benchmark softwood lumber item Western S-P-F KD 2×4 #2&Btr was selling for US$944 mfbm which is +$542, or +135% more. Unstoppable demand over the Holiday Season pushed prices relentlessly higher, for the week ending January 8, 2021 benchmark softwood lumber commodity item Western S-P-F KD…
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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…
