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Construction employment, not seasonally adjusted, rose year-over-year (y/y) from December 2024 to December 2025 in 176 (49%) of the 360 metro areas (including divisions of larger...
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February 08, 2026
Input prices for new nonresidential construction dipped 0.3% in December but rose 3.3% year over year (y/y), according to producer price index (PPI) data the Bureau of Labor...
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February 04, 2026
Construction spending (not adjusted for inflation) totaled $2.18 trillion in October at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, up 0.5% from September but down 1.0% year-over-year (y/y...
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January 26, 2026
Input prices for new nonresidential construction rose 0.4% in November, not seasonally adjusted, and 3.6% year-over-year (y/y), according to producer price index (PPI) data the...
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January 16, 2026
Contractors are generally much less optimistic about the outlook for nonresidential and multifamily construction in 2026 than a year ago, apart from data centers and power...
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January 12, 2026
Total construction starts plunged 20.5% from October to November at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, Dodge Construction Network reported on December 22, erasing a...
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January 02, 2026
Construction employment, seasonally adjusted, totaled 8,332,000 in in November, an increase of 28,000 from October, according to AGC’s analysis of data the Bureau of...
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December 19, 2025
Contractors are invited to complete the AGC/Sage 2026 Construction Hiring and Business Outlook survey. The survey will close at noon ET Monday, December 15 and results will...
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December 12, 2025
Construction employment, seasonally adjusted, totaled 8,305,000 in September, an increase of 19,000 from the downwardly revised August total and up 38,000 (0.5%) year-over-year (y...
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December 05, 2025
For the second month in a row, the shutdown of federal agencies has prevented the release of construction spending and employment data this week. ADP provides a partial substitute...
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November 07, 2025