About the Market Barometer

The Market Barometer is LBM Daily’s monthly analysis of the carbon and timber price signals moving the built environment. Every third week of the month, we publish a look-back at the previous month’s structural moves across compliance carbon (EU ETS, CBAM, RGGI, California), voluntary carbon (Xpansiv benchmarks, ICVCM ratings, registry issuance), and softwood timber (CME lumber, provincial stumpage, US-Canada trade). We tie those signals to what they mean for specifiers, mills, forest owners, and sustainability desks working in the built environment.

The Barometer continues a publication lineage that began under Widman Publishing as the Softwood Lumber Market Newsletter, a market intelligence product tracking the North American softwood market. When Widman merged with LBM Daily, the Barometer evolved into a broader market-intelligence product covering timber and, more recently, the carbon markets that increasingly shape timber economics.

Everything published is written from public data and original analysis. Prices are cited from public exchanges and industry benchmarks. Charts are built from underlying public data, not reproduced from subscription reports. Editorial review is human; drafting is AI-assisted; every Barometer passes editor sign-off before publication.

Read the current Barometer or browse the archive on the Markets beat.