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Washington, DC, March 17, 2021-Privately-owned housing starts in February were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,421,000, 10.3% below the revised January estimate of 1,584,000 and 9.3% below the February 2020 rate of 1,567,000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
New Berlin, WI, March 17, 2021—Nonn’s Kitchen Bath & Flooring has opened a new location in New Berlin, Wisconsin.
Aurora, IL, March 17, 2021—Neil Mack has joined H.B. Fuller as the new vice president of the flooring business segment.
New York, NY, March 17, 2021—The Federal Reserve is likely to reaffirm its plans to maintain easy-money policies until the U.S. economy recovers further from the effects of coronavirus pandemic, while also noting the brightening outlook for growth, reports the Wall Street Journal.
Washington, DC, March 17, 2021—Mortgage applications decreased 2.2% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending March 12, 2021.
Washington, DC, March 16, 2021-Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for February 2021 were $561.7 billion, a decrease of 3.0% from the previous month, and 6.3% above February 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Washington, DC, March 16, 2021- Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes fell two points to 82 in March, according to the latest National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI).
Oakland, CA, March 16, 2021-The Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute has released Version 4.0 of the Cradle to Cradle Certified Product Standard, the most ambitious and actionable standard yet for designing and making products today that enable a healthy, equitable, and sustainable tomorrow.
Washington, DC, March 16, 2021—In February, total industrial production decreased 2.2%, according to the Federal Reserve.
Washington, DC, March 16, 2021—U.S. import prices advanced 1.3% in February following a 1.4% increase in January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.