What we publish
FEA markets our knowledge and data through analytical products that cover the forest product industry. These include Monthly Advisors and newsletters for near-term analysis, the Quarterly Forecasting Service for a longer-term outlook and an extensive historical database, as well as the industry's only comprehensive, up-to-date, mill-level capacity reports, categorized by sector.Wood Markets News
What’s got our attention.
New Existing-Home Listings Reach Highest Level Since June
New listings of homes increased 7.6% in the four-week period ending December 15th, Redfin reported.
US Personal Income and Outlays for November
Personal income increased 0.3% at a monthly rate in November; disposable personal income increased 0.3%; and personal consumption expenditures 0.4%.
University of Michigan Reports Final Results of Its Consumer Sentiment Index for December
The University of Michigan Index of Consumer Sentiment increased 3.1% to a reading of 74.0 in December, up from 71.8 in November.Spotlights
Spotlights take a deep dive into topics important to our subscribers.
A Home Design Catalog Takes Aim at a National Housing Shortage
In an effort to speed up much-needed homebuilding, Canada aims to bring back a tool that was last used in the post-war housing crisis.
Canada’s Caribou Conservation Goals and Woodland Management
One of the world’s biggest softwood lumber producing countries is in the midst of a major conservation effort that could place some Canadian fiber off limits to harvesters. Canada is taking steps to preserve boreal caribou habitat through provincial conservation plans.
US Demographics and House Inventories Fuel Home Size Trend
When the pandemic enabled many city dwellers to work remotely in 2020, many people bought new homes in more affordable and sprawling neighborhoods. By 2021, the average size of a newly constructed single-family house in the US expanded, bucking the downtrend in place since dropping from the record-high in 2015.Conferences
Global Softwood Log & Lumber Conference
With global markets again approaching record levels, a timely sharing of current industry and market information from around the world is even more important than ever. Read More