Dustin Jalbert

2 weeks ago | fastmarkets.com | Jennifer Coskren |Dustin Jalbert

The housing market is at a critical juncture. The Fastmarkets ‘Outlook for the US housing market 2025’ webinarunpacked the current challenges facing market participants. These include affordability pressures, demographic shifts and market volatility. Jennifer Coskren, director for wood products, and Dustin Jalbert, senior economist for wood products, shared insights on adapting to changes in the wood products industry and expert insights into what lies ahead.

1 month ago | fastmarkets.com | Dustin Jalbert

The global lumber industry is facing a period of significant change, with shifting tariffs, unpredictable market conditions and evolving consumer demands reshaping the landscape. These factors are creating both challenges and opportunities for businesses navigating this dynamic environment.

2 months ago | treefrogcreative.ca | Dustin Jalbert |Kevin Mason |Robert McKellar |Kelly McCloskey

While the market tries to process what’s to come on the trade front, it’s abundantly clear that the new administration is paying special attention to lumber and likely other wood products. Trump and his surrogates have emphasized the point of view that the US has the underlying resources to produce all its own lumber and wood product needs.

2 months ago | fastmarkets.com | Dustin Jalbert

The tariff drama as President Trump enters his second term of office has occupied much of the energy of financial markets and business leaders. The 25% levies on all goods from Canada and Mexico implemented on March 4 are sending ripple effects throughout the entire forest products industry, given the level of industry integration and co-dependency on both sides of the border.

Feb 12, 2025 | treefrogcreative.ca | Dustin Jalbert |Kevin Mason |Pete Madden |Sandy McKellar

After several years of unprecedented volatility in wood products markets, 2024 experienced a more stable, albeit depressed, environment for wood products demand and prices. …As President Trump enters his second term have the potential to break the wood products market out of this sleepy period weighed down by soft demand conditions. So, what does our crystal ball suggest in 2025?