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Lumber prices are falling, suggesting that a slowdown in new construction is looming over the U.S. housing market.

Analysts expect tariffs to significantly increase the cost of building U.S. houses, reducing sales and demand for wood. (Mike Blake/Reuters) Canadian lumber has been left out of Trump's tariff blitz, ...

The stock market and the economy are two different animals; one can be thriving while the other is languishing. If the economy were running hot and inflation was a concern, as the S&P 500 and gold ...

Lumber prices, which shed more than 20% in August, have continued to fall to start September, hitting their lowest price this year thanks to a glut of wood that was piled up ahead of a big increase in ...

The decades-long softwood lumber dispute between the US and Canada is escalating even before planned tariffs take effect: The US plans to more than double existing anti-dumping and countervailing ...