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Default Current lumber prices explained

On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 15:09:47 -0400, J. Clarke
wrote:

On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 12:35:44 -0400, Michael Trew
wrote:

On 4/21/2021 11:48 AM, Leon wrote:
On 4/21/2021 9:46 AM, John Grossbohlin wrote:
This is the best overall explanation I’ve come across. It reflects in
one place the bits and pieces of the story I’ve seen in the Wall St.
Journal and other reliable sources.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e1_6kHG8zc&t=53s


Sooo what we are seeing is that workers are not working. Employers are
having to pay top dollar to get the workers off of the governments tit.
There IS a labor shortage.

Secondly, demand for new housing is probably at an all time high. I have
heard several builders say that they cannot get bricks, along with
everything else.

More people are working at home now days and need a suitable home, with
preferably a dedicated office. Many current homes do not have dedicated
office space.

When supply is limited and demand is up prices go up.


That's been quite a theme lately. Fast food restaraunts especially
can't get workers... people would rather have unemployment and make
more. Arbys is giving out free sandwiches and milkshakes to anyone that
comes to open interviews in early May (can't remember the day).


And some spouses have something wrong with him. I remember a court
reporter who in the '90s was pulling down over 200K a year working on
a tiny little table in the basement of this huge house because that's
the only space that her unemployed husband would allow her. I was
tempted to tell her "dump the jerk and marry me and I'll build you an
office".


I guess I'm safe. We have two "offices" (bedrooms) and my wife has
been retired for almost ten years. I get the room over the garage. It
has a closet so is considered a bedroom. WiFi works, so all is good.