Strong Warehouse And Manufacturing Activity Not Enough To Offset Wide-Ranging Weakness. By Mark S. Kuhar
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Construction Starts End 2020 on a Decline
Broad-Based Weakness Pulls Construction Starts Lower In December; Highways And Bridges Rise. By Mark S. Kuhar
Read MoreConstruction Starts Lower Through First 10 Months of 2020
Starts In The Highway And Bridge Category Were Up 8%, While Environmental Public Works Were 8% Lower.
Read MoreNew Home Sales Pause Following Strong Summer Surge
Sales of newly built, single-family homes in September fell 3.5% to 959,000 from a downwardly revised August number, according to newly released data by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau. Despite the monthly decline, the September rate is 32.1% higher than the September 2019 pace, and on a year-to-date basis, new home sales…
Read MoreConstruction Spending Ticks Up; Highways Dealt a Setback
The U.S. Census Bureau announced that construction spending during September 2020 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,414.0 billion, 0.3% (±1.0%) above the revised August estimate of $1,410.4 billion. The September figure is 1.5% (±1.3%) above the September 2019 estimate of $1,393.3 billion.
Read MoreConstruction Starts Rebound in October
Gains Dominated All Major Sectors Following Large September Declines; Highways Surge Higher. By Mark S. Kuhar
Read MoreConstruction Starts Step Back in September
Total Construction Starts Dipped 18% In September, However Highway And Bridge Starts Rose 10%. By Mark S. Kuhar
Read MoreConstruction Starts Post Solid Gain in August
Large Projects Fuel Gains Across Most Broad Sectors; Highway And Bridge Starts Move Up 13%.
Read MoreConstruction Starts Lose Ground in July; Highways Up
Year-To-Date Through Seven Months, Starts Were 15% Down From The Same Period In 2019. By Mark S. Kuhar
Read MoreConstruction Starts Show Additional Gains in June
Improvement In Nonresidential And Nonbuilding Activity Push Starts Higher. By Mark S. Kuhar
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