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  2. Lumber prices are plunging. Blame the record drop in U.S ...

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    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 ...

  3. U.S. Producer Price Index - Wikipedia

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    An index level of 110, for example, means there has been a 10% increase in prices since the base period; similarly, an index level of 90 indicates a 10% decrease in prices. To calculate the percent change in prices between some previous period and a more current period using a PPI, the BLS uses the following formula:

  4. List of building materials - Wikipedia

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    Wood, carpentry. Rough carpentry (unfinished) Heavy timbers, log home, timber framing or "post and beam" Bamboo; Engineered wood, dimensional lumber. Stud, joist, rafter; Treated lumber and wood decking; Sheathing, subflooring, panelling. Plywood, shiplap, tongue and groove; Oriented strand board; Parallel strand lumber or "PSL" Glued laminated ...

  5. Price index - Wikipedia

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    A price index (plural: "price indices" or "price indexes") is a normalized average (typically a weighted average) of price relatives for a given class of goods or services in a given region, during a given interval of time.

  6. Its departure follows other closures or sales of longtime locally owned lumber yards over the past decade, like Bremerton's Parker Lumber, which shut down in 2010 after nearly 50 years, or ...

  7. Composite lumber - Wikipedia

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    Composite lumber is a material that is a mixture of wood fiber, plastic, and some type of binding agent. These ingredients are put together to form a material that is denser, stronger, and heavier than wood alone, a wood-plastic composite .

  8. OPINION: Americans get taken to the woodshed by lumber costs

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  9. Lumber - Wikipedia

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    Wood cut from Victorian Eucalyptus regnans The harbor of Bellingham, Washington, filled with logs, 1972. Lumber is wood that has been processed into uniform and useful sizes (dimensional lumber), including beams and planks or boards. Lumber is mainly used for construction framing, as well as finishing (floors, wall panels, window frames ...