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US Housing Starts Will Decide How Long Lumber Rally Lasts – Barron’s
Lumber prices have made quite a comeback this year, climbing by +25% in January and nearly erasing the decline suffered in 2018, as the market gets a boost in demand ahead of the spring building season, said Barron’s Friday. Looking ahead, however, analysts urge caution. The lumber market looks overbought and shares some similarities with…
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Conifex Curtails, Georgia-Pacific Closes
Conifex Timber, out of Vancouver, BC, announced February 4 that it is temporarily curtailing sawmill operations at its Fort St. James, British Columbia, sawmill for three weeks, said the Vanderhoof Omineca Express. Volatile lumber prices have forced Fort St. James sawmill to curtail its operations. A total of 150 production employees have been impacted by…
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US Housing Market and MacroEconomy
The housing market represents about 15 percent to 18 percent of US GDP, said Lindsey Bell, Investment Strategist at CFRA, citing figures from the National Association of Home Builders.
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Madison’s on Woodbusiness.ca
Madison’s Lumber Reporter has partnered with Canadian Forest Industries magazine. Our weekly North America lumber and panel price update will be featured on their website every Tuesday:https://www.woodbusiness.ca/softwood-lumber-prices-rebound-as-construction-material-buying-season-gets-going/
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Softwood Lumber Prices Rebound Spectacularly as Construction Material Buying Season Gets Going : Feb 2019
Immediately at the beginning of January, wholesaler prices of benchmark lumber commodity Western Spruce-Pine-Fir KD 2×4 #2&Btr started rising off full-year 2018 lows, finishing last week at US$404 mfbm, a $58 or +14.4% increase from $346 the week before. At close Monday, lumber futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were US$423, a historically-appropriate $25 premium…
