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Business

Construction spending up 0.2% in March as homebuilding hits highest pace in nearly 6 years

U.S. construction spending was up slightly in March due mainly to increases in private residential construction, now at its highest rate in nearly six years. Total spending rose in March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $942.5 billion, up 0.2 percent from the revised February figure of $940.7 billion. Due to the revision of […]

May 1, 2014

Business

Homebuilding declines but construction spending up 0.1% in February

Construction spending in the U.S. ticked up 0.1 percent in February despite a decline in homebuilding, according to preliminary data from the Commerce Department. Total spending rose in February to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $945.7 billion from the revised January figure of $944.6 billion. Due to the revision of that figure, what was a […]

April 1, 2014

Business

Homebuilding propels U.S. construction spending 0.1% in January despite nonresidential losses

Construction spending in the U.S. again rose slightly in January, according to preliminary data released by the Commerce Department today. Spending rose a small 0.1 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $943.1 billion from the revised December figure of $941.9 billion. Last month, the Commerce Department reported a preliminary figure of $930.4 billion for […]

March 2, 2014