July construction spending flat
Construction spending during July 2016 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,153.2 billion, nearly the same as the revised June estimate of $1,153.5 billion.
The July figure is 1.5 percent above the July 2015 estimate of $1,135.9 billion.
During the first 7 months of this year, construction spending was 5.6 percent above the $613.1 billion for the same period in 2015.
Spending on private construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $875.0 billion, 1.0 percent above the revised June estimate of $866.5 billion. Residential construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $445.5 billion in July, 0.3 percent above the revised June estimate of $444.0 billion. Nonresidential construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $429.5 billion in July, 1.7 percent above the revised June estimate of $422.5 billion.
In July, the estimated seasonally adjusted annual rate of public construction spending was $278.2 billion, 3.1 percent below the revised June estimate of $287.0 billion. Educational construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $64.6 billion, 8.3 percent below the revised June estimate of $70.4 billion. Highway construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $89.8 billion, 0.3 percent above the revised June estimate of $89.5 billion.
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