2021-22 Trends Industry Outlook & Market Data Report Overview
Join Steven Honeyman, Senior Economist, Fastmarkets RISI for an overview of their findings and interesting trends as featured in the 2021-22 Trends Industry Outlook & Market Data Report. Fastmarkets is the leading price reporting, analytics, and events organization for the global forest products, metals, and industrial minerals markets.
The forecasts and outlook analyses contained in the Report are prepared solely and exclusively by Fastmarkets RISI without input from PPC or its members.
About Fastmarkets RISI
Fastmarkets is the leading price reporting, analytics and events organization for the global forest products, metals, and industrial minerals markets.
It operates within Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC. Fastmarkets price reporting supports transactions in commodities markets around the world.
Fastmarkets RISI is the world’s most trusted price reporting and market analysis provider for the forest products sector. Businesses working in the pulp and paper, packaging, wood products, lumber, timber, biomass, tissue and nonwovens markets use Fastmarkets RISI data and insights to benchmark prices, settle contracts and inform their strategies worldwide.
Fastmarkets RISI clients comprise more than 97% of the world’s forest products sector, plus many of the industry’s end-users, suppliers, investors and financial-service providers. Along with objective price reporting and industry data, Fastmarkets RISI provides forecasts, analysis, conferences and consulting services to stakeholders throughout the forest products supply chain.
Fastmarkets maintains locations in London, New York, Boston, Atlanta, Oakland, Eugene, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Brussels, Helsinki, São Paulo, Shanghai, Beijing and Singapore. Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 250 share index. It is a leading international business-to-business information group focused primarily on the global banking, asset management and commodities sectors.
Meet the Speaker
Steven Honeyman
Senior Economist
Fastmarkets RISI
Steven Honeyman is a Senior Economist who joined Fastmarkets RISI in 2013. He originally focused on North American wood products and has transitioned to the North American Paper and Packaging team where he covers North American boxboard markets. Prior to joining Fastmarkets RISI, Steven worked 5 years in the banking industry. He holds a Master’s degree in International Economics and Finance from the Brandeis University International Business School and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics, International Business, and Business Management from the Whitworth University School of Global Commerce and Management.
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