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Macro Pulse highlights recent activity and events expected to affect the U.S. economy over the next 24 months. While the review is of the entire U.S. economy its particular focus is on developments affecting the Forest Products industry. Everyone with a stake in any level of the sector can benefit from
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Tuesday, December 20, 2016

December 2016 Macro Pulse -- Housing Bump or Dump?

Residential construction in October got a “caffeine jolt” when total housing starts smashed expectations with a 25.5% month-over-month (MoM) surge to 1.323 million units -- a nine-year-high. Most of the jump was attributable to a 68.8% leap in the multi-family segment. That housing was “on a roll” appeared to be confirmed when the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) rose by seven points (to 70) in December, the highest reading since July 2005 and the largest MoM jump in over 20 years.
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