March Construction Spending Up 0.3%

Construction spending in March rose by 0.3 percent from February and by nearly 4 percent from a year ago, the Census Bureau reported Monday.

Construction Spending Dips in February

The Census Bureau on Monday reported construction spending in February dipped to a seasonally adjusted rate of $1,844.1 billion, 0.1 percent below the revised January estimate of $1,845.4 billion. The …

October Construction Spending Down; ISM Index Contracts for 1st Time Since 2020

Construction spending dipped in October, the Commerce Department reported Thursday, with slight increase in public construction offset by a decline in private construction. Separately, the Institute for Supply Management, Phoenix, reported its Manufacturing Report on Business fell for the first time in two and a half years.