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Posted March 13, 2019

Construction spending ticks up slightly in January

Only residential construction dips slightly for the month. 

The U.S. Census Bureau announced the following value put in place construction
statistics for January 2019:

Total Construction

Construction spending during January 2019 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,279.6 billion, 1.3 percent (±0.8 percent) above the revised December estimate of $1,263.1 billion. The January figure is 0.3 percent (±1.2 percent)* above the January 2018 estimate of $1,276.3 billion.

Private Construction

Spending on private construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $966.0 billion, 0.2 percent (±0.7 percent)* above the revised December estimate of $964.2 billion.

  • Residential construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $511.4 billion in January, 0.3 percent (±1.3 percent)* below the revised December estimate of $512.9 billion.
  • Nonresidential construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $454.7 billion in January, 0.8 percent (±0.7 percent) above the revised December estimate of $451.2 billion.

Public Construction

In January, the estimated seasonally adjusted annual rate of public construction spending was $313.6 billion, 4.9 percent (±1.6 percent) above the revised December estimate of $299.0 billion.

  • Educational construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $77.8 billion, 2.2 percent (±2.0 percent) above the revised December estimate of $76.1 billion.
  • Highway construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $99.9 billion, 11.8 percent (±5.1 percent) above the revised December estimate of $89.3 billion.

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