Historically for the softwood lumber and panel market, the week following Labour Day is the harbinger for what prices will be until the true seasonal slowdown arrives at US Thanksgiving. For the past two years, of course, the annual cycle of lumber price changes has...
An old adage often used by Madison’s to explain the typical seasonal cycle of lumber prices is, “Labour Day is the beginning of the end and US Thanksgiving in the end of the end.” Meaning that lumber prices usually drop around Labour Day then keep falling until US...
