Construction-related markets continued to show strength in the second quarter of 2012 (Table 1). Housing starts increased 28.5% compared to the same period last year, and construction spending was up 8.1%. Remodeling dipped just half a percent, down 3.3% from ...
Several reports released in August show that home prices are moving off the bottom. In the second quarter, the S&P Case-Shiller national index rose 2.2 percent quarter over quarter and 1.2 percent year over year. This quarterly gain was the ...
From Forest2Market's Economic Outlook: The Institute for Supply Management's (ISM) reports on business activity were split, with manufacturing contracting but service sector activity expanding at a slightly faster pace during July (Table 1). Bradley Holcomb, chair of ISM's Manufacturing Business ...
When the economy fell off the cliff in the autumn of 2008, both domestic and export recovered fiber markets quickly followed. In fact, traded volumes and prices of all fiber grades fell so fast and far that processing plants hung placards on their doors telling all who approached: "No paper wanted." ...
Forest2Market introduces its Forest2Mill product line, our suite of services for buyers and sellers of logs, into the Midwest. Forest2Mill for the Midwest will report total delivered cost and cost components for: Hardwood pulpwood Hardwood chips Aspen pulpwood Softwood pulpwood Softwood ...
Forest2Market announced today that Peter Coutu has joined the company. In his new role, Coutu will head the company's Midwest and Northeast region office, which is located at 4650 W. Spencer Street, Suite 21, Appleton, WI 54914. Coutu will be responsible for ...
When today's issue of Forest2Market's Mill2Market lumber report goes out, customers will notice it has grown. In 2009, when we published our first report, the report contained one page of data. Today, the report includes 17 pages of data. Specifically, the reports now ...
