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  • Lumber Prices Suffer Biggest Monthly Drop On Record

    07/01/2021 1:33:24 PM PDT · by blam · 58 replies
    Zubu Brothers ^ | 7-1-2021
    Lumber futures on Chicago Mercantile Exchange plunged more than 40% in June, suffering the worst ever monthly decline on record dating back to 1978. Prices are down 18% in 2021 and recorded the first negative first half since 2015. Lumber peaked in late April/early May at around $1,711 per thousand board feet, and as of Thursday morning, prices are down more than 4% to $684. It appears the great lumber bubble of 2021 has encountered a classic commodity blowoff top, down -60% from the highs.Readers may recall we’ve been closely following the lumber bubble: The latest drop in prices “suggests...