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Seasonally adjusted construction employment rose from May 2024 to May 2025 in 33 states and the District of Columbia, declined in 16 states, and was flat in Connecticut, according to AGC’s analysis of Bureau of Labor [node:read-more:link]
The value of construction starts, not seasonally adjusted, soared 13% year-over-year (y/y) in May but was down 0.4% year-to-date (YTD) in the first five months of 2025 compared to January-May 2024, ConstructConnect reported on Thursday. [node:read-more:link]
Input prices for new nonresidential construction rose 0.4% in May, not seasonally adjusted (NSA), and 2.2% year-over-year (y/y), according to producer price index (PPI) data the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) posted on Thursday. The y/y change was the largest since February 2023. [node:read-more:link]
Construction employment, seasonally adjusted, totaled 8,314,000 in May, a gain of 4,000 from April and 126,000 (1.5%) year-over-year (y/y), according to AGC’s analysis of data BLS posted today. [node:read-more:link]
Construction spending (not adjusted for inflation) fell for the third month in a row in April to $2.15 trillion at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, down 0.4% from March and 0.5% year-over-year (y/y), the Census Bureau reported today. The y/y decrease was the first since 2019. [node:read-more:link]
President Trump on Thursday announced a trade agreement with the United Kingdom that would remove the 25% tariff on steel and aluminum from the U.K., the first sign of tariff relief for construction inputs. The U.K. accounted for roughly 1% of U.S. steel imports (0.3% of consumption) in 2024 and a negligible share of aluminum. It remains to be seen if the agreement will lead to greater imports from the U.K. [node:read-more:link]
Construction employment, seasonally adjusted, totaled 8,316,000 in April, a gain of 11,000 from March and 143,000 (1.7%) year-over-year (y/y), according to AGC’s analysis of data BLS posted t [node:read-more:link]
Total construction starts rose 3% from February to March at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, Dodge Construction Network reported on Monday. Nonresidential building starts grew 6%, residential starts declined 5%, and nonbuilding starts increased 9%. [node:read-more:link]
Input prices for new nonresidential construction rose 0.4% March, not seasonally adjusted, following upwardly revised gains of 0.6% in February and 0.8% in January, according producer price index (PPI) data the Bureau of Labor Statistics posted today. [node:read-more:link]
Construction employment, seasonally adjusted, totaled 8,313,000 in March, a gain of 13,000 from February and 143,000 (1.8%) year-over-year (y/y), according to AGC’s analysis of data BLS [node:read-more:link]
