Why higher tariffs on Canadian lumber may not be enough to stimulate long-term investments in US forestry

Lumber, especially softwood lumber like pine and spruce, is critical to U.S. home construction. Its availability and price ...
Finance & Commerce

Replacing Canadian lumber with domestic supply faces challenges

Trump adds tariffs on Canadian lumber and eases domestic timber rules to expand U.S. softwood supply, affecting housing costs and construction markets.
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Walmart, Lowe’s may raise prices if Trump’s tariff plans take effect, CFOs say

(Gray News) – Walmart and Lowe’s may raise prices on many items if President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed tariff plan takes effect. During Trump’s presidential campaign, he said he will impose a ...
Marketplace

Lumber is cheap, but building or renovating a home isn’t

Remember how early in the pandemic, nearly everything home-related shot up in price? Now, with folks out and about again and interest rates high and supply chains smoothed out, those lumber prices ...
AOL

Lumber prices are plunging. Blame the record drop in U.S. housing affordability and a post-pandemic double bubble ‘hangover’

The twin-peaked lumber bubble of 2021 and 2022 that once drove home building costs through the roof and exacerbated inflation is now nothing more than a memory. Spot lumber prices have plummeted 75% ...
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Made-in-U.S.A. Lumber Futures Are Coming to Wall Street

Lumber producers have migrated from Canada to the U.S. South. Now lumber-futures trading is heading to the Southern pineries as well. The exchange operator CME Group said it would launch trading in ...