Since the 1990-91 recession, reside...

Since the 1990-91 recession, residential and nonresidential construction markets have experienced six years of consecutive pullulation Typically, such high horizontals of activity lead to sharp increases in building materials charges However, in the last sum of two units years, price increases have remained relatively gentle

In 1996 the federal government's farmer price index for construction materials increased a scant 06 percent For 1997 Re Elsevier Business Economics (REBE) estimates that manufacturers' prices for building materials will rise 18 percent -- still a moderate increase given