A few months of momentum in shifting housing finance back into positive growth was wiped out in December and January. Still, there was light at the end of the dark tunnel, with January 2024 up 8.…

Much like the Micawber Principle, distilled from the ever-indebted Wilkins Macawber in Charles Dickens’ novel David Copperfield, if you have a job and barely sufficient income, the result…

Locally produced saw softwood sales slid to 2,68 million m3 year-ended January 2024, down 7.8% compared with the year prior. Sales in January totalled 168,158 m3, down 13.3% on January 2023 a…

Australia is rapidly approaching a new inflationary moment. When the clock ticks over to 1st July, the amended and broader-based Stage 3 Tax Cuts will kick in. That will put money into the hand…

Australia’s total imports of Engineered Wood Products (EWPs)* were valued at AUD286 million on a free-on-board (FOB) basis, year-ended December 2023. The result saw the value of annual imp…

Australia’s imports of sawn softwood products continue to play their ‘buffer stock’ role in the supply chain, shifting down progressively as the market has continued to weaken. Imports of s…

Since the beginning of 2024, global shipping and freight costs have returned to growth, under a batch of pressures headlined by Red Sea vessel attacks and new capacity constraints in the Pana…