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Markets Work, but Untangling Global Supply Chains Takes Time

Now, there are higher prices for base materials like steel and aluminum. There are suppliers being forced to raise wages sharply to keep assembly lines operating. There are semiconductor manufacturers […]




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High Lumber Prices Add Urgency to a Decades-Old Trade Fight

In 2016, toward the end of the Obama administration, the American lumber industry petitioned the government to impose duties on Canadian softwood lumber imports in response to what it contended […]




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As Lumber Prices Fall, the Threat of Inflation Loses Its Bite

In the meantime, while the price declines filter into the consumer market, demand has cooled down.“The do-it-yourself sector, it’s not as robust as it was a year ago when homeowners […]