February Home Starts & Furniture Sales Fall

Author: Alexandra Watts

February Home Starts & Furniture Sales Fall

Sellers are seeing a decent volume of inquiries on bull, cow and dairy steer material. Production out of the upholstery tanneries in the Hebei province has slowed because of water shortages. Tanneries in this province were running at full capacity prior to the shortage. Demand from Hebei has been a big part of the recent rally in cow hide prices. If production interruptions continue, there is risk tanning may slow in this region. 

February's Federal Reserve Economic Data for US home starts and advanced retail...

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