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Washington, DC, December 3, 2021—Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 210,000 in November, and the unemployment rate fell by 0.4 percentage point to 4.2%, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.
Washington, DC, December 3, 2021-A lack of skilled construction labor is a key limiting factor for improving housing inventory and affordability, according to a new report by the Home Builders Institute (HBI).
Sterling, VA, December 3, 2021--U.S. veneer exports have grown to 148 million square meters this year, up 30% versus last year, according to the Decorative Hardwoods Association.
Miami Beach, FL, December 3, 2021-Freight rates fell 14% overall month-over-month in November to $9,364/FEU, but prices are still 284% higher than last year and more than six times the pre-pandemic norm, reports Freightos. These facts relate to all goods, not only flooring.
Adairsville, GA, December 3, 2021-Audacity Flooring has announced that Cain & Bultman, a Florida-based flooring distributor, is now the single source supplier for all Audacity products in South Carolina and Alabama.
Washington, DC, December 3, 2021— Nearly two out of three U.S. metro areas added construction jobs between October 2020 and October 2021, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of government employment data.
Van Nuys, CA, December 2, 2021-DFS Flooring has acquired the assets of Dynamic Commercial Flooring Systems, a privately-owned full-service commercial flooring company located in Sacramento, California.
Salem, NJ, December 2, 2021—Due to continued and significant increased costs in raw materials, labor and domestic and international freight, Mannington Residential and Phenix Flooring recently announced that they will be implementing a price increase.
Washington, DC, December 2, 2021—In the week ending November 27, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 222,000, an increase of 28,000 from the previous week's revised level, according to the Department of Labor.
Pittsburgh, PA, December 2, 2021-- The University of Pittsburgh’s Kurt Beschorner and Tevis Jacobs will use an award from the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH) to measure roughness of floor surfaces on the smallest scales ever measured.