Finnfund economist Tangeni Shatiwa says dollar weakness can improve export receipts and ease servicing costs for dollar debt held by many commodity-dependent economies.
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Lease recalculations add back charges for 2024–2025 as exports weaken and borrowing costs stay high.
Non-manufacturing PMI edges up to 49.5 while the composite output index dips to 49.5.
The bill would automatically exempt many homebuilding inputs and set an application process for other exclusions.
Log imports drop 13.1% and timber production falls 1.1% from 2024.
The 10-city composite rises 1.93% and the 20-city composite rises 1.38%, while Detroit has no December reading because of Wayne County recording delays.
Pine and spruce each account for more than 2.1 million m3 across logs and pulpwood.
A newly implemented national modeling framework changes the reported aboveground carbon total for standing dead trees across the lower 48 states.
Amazon agreed to pay $700 million for a Prince William County site as the region’s housing shortfall topped 75,000 homes.
Standing-sale stumpage prices for pine, spruce and birch sawlogs slip 1% month over month, while pine pulpwood drops 10%.
The industry cites U.S. import tariffs as a factor behind weaker U.S. exports and higher import pressure in Germany.
Open unemployment among construction workers rises to nearly 16,200, while 175 construction firms file for bankruptcy.
At a median home price of $413,595 and a 30-year mortgage rate of 6%, 88.2 million households are priced out, and a $1,000 increase prices out 156,405 more.
The comparison uses a 1950=100 index, while economy-wide labor productivity more than doubles over the same period.
Weak lumber markets and higher U.S. trade costs pressure results, and the company expects early 2026 prices to fluctuate with winter weather and industry-wide lumber production curtailments.
Inventory totals 1.22 million units, while the median price rises to $396,800.
Weaker demand, adverse currency moves and higher raw material costs outweigh record pulp output and cost reductions.
Company says stronger Real Estate results offset weak timber markets, with Southern pulpwood pricing down and Pacific Northwest harvest volumes lower year over year.
West Fraser says lumber duties, OSB and southern yellow pine oversupply, and housing affordability constraints keep wood building products markets pressured. It expects another year of modest demand in 2026 and reiterates lumber and OSB shipment targets.
Spruce shortages and higher pine output reshape supply, while expected rate cuts could lift 2026 building demand.