US construction spending down 0.8 percent in May

Monday, 08 July 2019 23:57:26 (GMT+3)   |   San Diego
       

The US Census Bureau announced that construction spending during May 2019 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,293.9 billion, 0.8 percent (±1.2 percent) below the revised April estimate of $1,304.0 billion. The May figure is 2.3 percent (±1.5 percent) below the May 2018 estimate of $1,324.3 billion.

During the first five months of this year, construction spending amounted to $498.8 billion, 0.3 percent (±1.3 percent) below the $500.3 billion for the same period in 2018. 

Spending on private construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $953.2 billion, 0.7 percent (±0.7 percent) below the revised April estimate of $960.3 billion. Residential construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $498.9 billion in May, 0.6 percent (±1.3 percent) below the revised April estimate of $501.7 billion. Nonresidential construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $454.3 billion in May, 0.9 percent (±0.7 percent) below the revised April estimate of $458.5 billion.

In May, the estimated seasonally adjusted annual rate of public construction spending was $340.6 billion, 0.9 percent (±2.1 percent) below the revised April estimate of $343.7 billion. Educational construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $79.3 billion, nearly the same as (±2.6 percent) the revised April estimate of $79.3 billion. Highway construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $111.6 billion, 3.2 percent (±6.1 percent) below the revised April estimate of $115.4 billion.


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