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By Don Magruder In last month’s report, I cautioned, “There is little doubt these tariffs will be inflationary unless these new tariffs...

By Don Magruder The RoMac Building Supply Whole House Commodity Index (Index) for March 2025 increased 1.5 percent to $52,123 as the very...

By Don Magruder The RoMac Building Supply Whole House Commodity Index (Index) for February 2025 increased 1.0 percent to $51,353 as mills...

By Don Magruder The RoMac Building Supply Whole House Commodity Index (Index) for January 2025 decreased by .07 percent to $50,869 from...

By Don Magruder The RoMac Building Supply Whole House Commodity Index (Index) for December 2024 decreased by 4 percent to $51,222 as the...

By Don Magruder The RoMac Building Supply Whole House Commodity Index (Index) for November 2024 increased 1.8 percent to $51,451, and...

By Don Magruder The RoMac Building Supply Whole House Commodity Index (Index) for October 2024 increased .04 percent to $50,554 from last...

By Don Magruder The RoMac Building Supply Whole House Commodity Index (Index) for September 2024 increased 1.5 percent to $50,363 from...

By Don Magruder The RoMac Building Supply Whole House Commodity Index (Index) for August 2024 increased 1.2 percent to $49,624, but as...

By Don Magruder The RoMac Building Supply Whole House Commodity Index for June 2024 declined 1.4 percent to $49,054 from the prior month...

By Don Magruder The June 2024 RoMac Building Supply Whole House Commodity Index decreased by .4 percent to $50,023 or a decline of $205...

By Don Magruder The May 2024 RoMac Building Supply Whole House Commodity Index decreased 2.0 percent to $50,227 in the last 30 days as...

By Don Magruder The April 2024 RoMac Building Supply Whole House Commodity Index increased .2 percent to $51,248 which marks the second...

By Don Magruder The March 2024 RoMac Building Supply Whole House Commodity Index increased a meager .1 percent to $51,127, but this...

By Don Magruder The February 2024 RoMac Building Supply Whole House Commodity Index dropped a meager .2 percent from January to $51,073...

By Don Magruder Since our mid-December update to the RoMac Building Supply Whole House Commodity Index (Index), we’ve gone through a...

By Don Magruder The final RoMac Building Supply Whole House Commodity Index for 2023 is up in cost with an increase of .1 percent to...

By Don Magruder Just like the overall economy, inflation cooled significantly in November, in a year-over-year comparison. The RoMac...

By Don Magruder The RoMac Building Supply Whole House Commodity Index for mid-October 2023 was flat as compared to last month, losing...

By Don Magruder The RoMac Building Supply Whole House Commodity Index for mid-September 2023 increased 1.4 percent to $51,229, and this...