Date: January, 2007
Abstract: The United States (U.S.) forest products and paper sector continues to face a number of challenges through 2007 after a flat 2006. Declining economic growth, rising interest rates and climbing inflation are all likely to contribute to a continuing slowdown in housing starts. Growing inventories of unsold homes on the real estate market, increasing fuel costs and increasing timber imports into the U.S. are likely to have a negative impact on the sector’s performance. However, some indicator...
Research Type: Archived N. Am. Outlook