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08/01/2023 Construction Spending Grows 0.5 Percent In June To An Annual Rate Of $1.94 Trillion As Demand For Residential & Nonresidential Construction Rises
07/21/2023 Construction Employment Increases In 45 States From June 2022 To June 2023, While 33 States Add Construction Employees From May To June
07/07/2023 Construction Firms Add 23,000 Jobs In June As Sector’s Unemployment Rate Sets 24-year Low Of 3.6 Percent And Craft Workers’ Hourly Pay Tops $34
07/03/2023 Construction Spending Shows Mixed Results in May as Infrastructure Categories Lag While Manufacturing Projects and Homebuilding Surge
06/28/2023 Construction Employment Increases In 230 Of 358 Metro Areas From May 2022 To May 2023 As Contractors Try To Hire Amid Worker Shortages
06/16/2023 Construction Employment Increases In 42 States And D.C. From May 2022 To May 2023, While 24 States Add Construction Employees For The Month
06/14/2023 Construction Materials And Services Prices Decline 0.6 Percent In May While Bid Prices Edge Up 0.1 Percent As Supply Chain Improves Broadly
06/02/2023 Construction Firms Add 25,000 Jobs In May As Sector’s Unemployment Falls To Second Lowest May Rate While Pay Levels Jump 6 Percent
06/01/2023 Construction Spending Soars In April As Gains In Multifamily And Most Nonresidential Segments Outweigh Slump In Single-family Homebuilding
05/31/2023 Construction Employment Increases In 231 Of 358 Metro Areas From April 2022 To April 2023 As Low Unemployment Rate Holds Back Job Gains