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How U.S. Trade Policy Helped Construction Materials Costs Go Through the Roof

Scott Lincicome | CATO Institute | 03/18/2021

The Wall Street Journal reports that skyrocketing construction material costs are inflating home prices, pressuring homebuyers and threatening the booming U.S. housing and construction industries: Lumber, one of the biggest costs in home-building…

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