Posted To: MND NewsWire
Total construction spending in October was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.439 trillion according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates. This was an increase of 1.3 percent from the revised September estimate of $1.420 trillion and 3.7 percent higher than spending in October of 2019. While virtually all residential spending is privately funded, the increase in that sector was the second largest (behind public safety spending) of any in the overall year-over-year comparison. Spending for the month, prior to adjustment, totaled $128.008 billion compared to $130.251 billion in September. Spending for the year-to-date (YTD) is up 4.3 percent, from $1.140 trillion in 2019 to $1.190 during the first 10 months of 2020. Privately funded construction spending was at an annual rate of $1.094 trillion…(read more)
Source: Mortgage News Daily
