Shortages of key building materials-such as lumber and wall board-are a major barrier to a more robust recovery for the new-home industry, according to David Crowe, chief economist of the National ...

Materials firms across the U.S. are being challenged by a shortage of antimony trioxide (ATO) flame retardants. The material mainly is supplied to the U.S. from China, but trade disputes that first ...

Amidst reporting that manufacturing firms are stockpiling intermediate inputs before potential tariffs and threats of a second East and Gulf Coast port strike, it’s important to emphasize that chronic ...