| | | Mar 12, 2025 / The Right News Right When It Happens | | Top Story | | | | Consumer Prices Up 2.8% in February, Driven by Shelter Inflation | | Washington, DC, March 12, 2025-The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2% on a seasonally adjusted basis in February, after rising 0.5% in January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. | | |
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| | Today's Flooring News | | | | Mortgage Applications Rose 11.2% in Week Ending March 7 | | Washington, DC, March 12, 2025-Mortgage applications increased 11.2% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending March 7, 2025. | | |
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| | | | Construction Job Openings Up 31,000 to 236,000 in Jan., Down YOY | | Washington, DC, March 12, 2025-The construction industry had 236,000 job openings on the last day of January, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data released in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. | | |
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| | | | Mohawk Research Reveals Consumer Carpet Purchase Trends | | Calhoun, GA, March 12, 2025—Sixty-eight percent of purchase intenders plan to install wall-to-wall carpet in their bedrooms while 34% plan to place carpet in family rooms, according to a recent Mohawk brand tracking study. | | |
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| | | Furniture Consumers Utilize Hybrid Shopping | | Petersburg, FL, March 12, 2025 — Hybrid shopping has become the primary way consumers buy furniture, with online-only shopping on the rise and in-store-only purchases declining, according a new study from 3D Cloud, reported by Furniture Today. | | |
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