Construction spending edged up 0.1% in March, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. The increase followed a revised 1.4% drop in February that was larger than originally reported, Commerce said. Economists had forecast a 0.5% gain in March, Bloomberg reported.
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- A sharp drop in construction outlays by state and local governments caused overall spending for the sector to stay nearly flat in March even as home building rebounded. Overall construction spending increased by 0.1% in …
Construction spending tracks the level of both residential and non-residential construction activity in the United States. The headline figure measures the percentage change from the prior month. This indicator is important because the construction …
U.S. construction spending in March barely increased over the previous month’s level as private sector projects slightly offset less government spending on infrastructure projects, the U.S. Commerce Department said Tuesday. Construction last …
Arizona ranked fifth among U.S. states for construction spending on commercial real-estate projects in 2011, a huge advance from its No. 14 position the previous year, according to a report issued this week. The report, from the Virginia-based …
Arizona ranked fifth among U.S. states for construction spending on commercial real-estate projects in 2011, a huge advance from its No. 14 position the previous year, according to a report issued this week. The report, from the Virginia-based …
WASHINGTON – U.S. builders barely increased their spending on construction projects in March after two straight months of declines. A pickup in single-family home construction and commercial projects offset a steep drop in state and local …
WASHINGTON — U.S. builders barely increased their spending on construction projects in March after two straight months of declines. A pickup in single-family home construction and commercial projects offset a steep drop in state and local …
WASHINGTON – — U.S. builders barely increased their spending on construction projects in March after two straight months of declines. The Commerce Department says construction spending ticked up 0.1 percent following declines of 1.4 percent in …
–U.S construction spending up by 0.1% in March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $ 808.07 billion –Spending by state and local governments down to lowest level since November 2006 –Private sector spending up by 0.7% in March WASHINGTON …