Managing the downturn

Urs Buehlmann; Matt Bumgardner; Al Schuler; Jeff Crissey

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Managing the downturn

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Authors:

Urs Buehlmann, Matt Bumgardner, Al Schuler, Jeff Crissey

Year:

2008

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Modern Woodworking. April: 41-49.

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Abstract

After years of seemingly unrestricted growth, the housing market has turned and is deteriorating fast. Housing construction and sales have slowed dramatically, foreclosures have skyrocketed and mortgage rates have increased modestly despite the Federal Reserve's easing of monetary policy. Given the increasingly high dependency of the wood products industry on housing markets, one can only wonder how the industry is doing.

Citation

Buehlmann, Urs; Bumgardner, Matt; Schuler, Al; Crissey, Jeff. 2008. Managing the downturn. Modern Woodworking. April: 41-49.