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By Delano, Daryl
Publication: Building Design & Construction
Date: Monday, May 1 2000

Structural steel prices higher

Average prices for fabricated structural metal used in building construction increased by 1.5 percent during 1999, well below the 2.9 percent inflation rate in 1998 but in line with the 1.3 percent average price increase of 1997. The prices of fabricated metal products used in manufacturing were essentially flat between 1998 and 1999, but strong demand for construction pushed prices moderately higher.

Prices for construction metals declined in the recessionary first three years of the 1990s, but the annual inflation rate average

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