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Seasonally adjusted construction employment rose from April 2022 to April 2023 in 42 states and the District of Columbia, declined in seven states, and held steady in Hawaii, according to AGC’s analysis of data BLS  [node:read-more:link]

The producer price index (PPI) for material and service inputs to new nonresidential construction rose 0.5% from March to April but declined 1.1% year-over-year (y/y), according to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data posted on Thursday. [node:read-more:link]

Construction employment, seasonally adjusted, totaled 7,903,000 in April, a gain of 15,000 from March and 205,000 (2.7%) year-over-year (y/y), according to AGC’s analysis of data the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)  [node:read-more:link]

Seasonally adjusted construction employment rose from March 2022 to March 2023 in 44 states, declined in five states, and was flat in North Dakota and the District of Columbia, according to AGC’s analysis of data BLS [node:read-more:link]

The producer price index (PPI) for material and service inputs to new nonresidential construction edged down 0.1% in March and 1.1% year-over-year (y/y), according to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data [node:read-more:link]

Construction employment, seasonally adjusted, totaled 7,888,000 in March, a decrease of 24,000 from the downwardly revised February total but an increase of 196,000 (2.5%) year-over-year (y/y), according to AGC’s analysis [node:read-more:link]

“Big cities lost fewer residents last year as more immigrants moved in, fewer people died and more babies were born there, according to new census data [on population by county] that shows the urban exodus that gained steam early in the pandemic is cooling,” the [node:read-more:link]

Seasonally adjusted construction employment rose from February 2022 to February 2023 in 45 states and declined in five states and the District of Columbia, according to AGC’s [node:read-more:link]

Contractors’ input costs rose more than their bid prices in February, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data pos [node:read-more:link]

Construction employment, seasonally adjusted, totaled a record-high 7,918,000 in February, an increase of 24,000 from the January total and 249,000 (3.2%) year-over-year (y/y), according to AGC’s analysis of data the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) [node:read-more:link]