One of the pandemic's biggest booms has finally gone bust
Supply and demand were the culprits when lumber prices were soaring during the pandemic, and they've helped fuel the tumble, too.
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A handful of products define the collective memory of the pandemic's early days. There were the weeks that toilet paper flew off the shelves, to the point you had to barter for more than a roll or two. For a while, everyone was buying yeast, because it seemed critical we all bake sourdough. And then there was lumber mania, when lumber prices soared to records.
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