Despite recording a few months of improvements on a prior-comparative-period basis, the longer-term outlook for Appearance grade softwood products remains poor and small, with softwood…

The year-on-year value of Australia’s wood products exports rose to their highest level in more than seven years in February, rising to AUD1,370.2 million. After twenty-one consecutive mo…

Recent months have seen sales of sawn Structural Softwood 120 mm as the chart below shows. Although it has experienced growth of 4.9% for the year to end February 2015, the smaller volumes sold…

The RISI Forest Products and Timberland Investment Conference was held in New York at the end of March. This 2 day conference provides a forum for exploring current timberland investment iss…

After contracting for two months, the Wood & Paper Products sub-sector of the Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMIR) leapt a sharp 8.6 points to 50.1 points i…

Despite watching more than our reasonable share of renovation television, Australians are not translating their viewing into additions and alterations of their homes. December Quarter d…

Residential dwelling approvals continued to rise in February 2015, with a 10.6% rise in free-standing dwellings compared with February 2014. However, this rise was dwarfed by the 17.8% lea…

Interest rates, one of the primary tools in the monetary policy arsenal of the Reserve Bank of Australia, appear to be having a more limited impact than was once the case. As the nation’s econom…