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PRICES & SPENDING   •  May 2025  •  Volume 14 / Number 4
The impact of COVID on the price of steel in three phases

The impact of COVID on the price of steel in three phases

This Beyond the Numbers article will examine the price movement of steel in three phases: March 2020–August 2020, when the pandemic shock set in and steel prices fell; September 2020–December 2021, when the economy began to rebuild and steel prices surged; and January 2022–May 2023, when economic activity expanded but steel prices generally moved lower.

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