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January 03, 2020US CONSTRUCTION SPENDING, NOVEMBER 2019 
In November 2019, US construction spending (seasonally adjusted annual rate) increased 0.6 per cent to $1,324 billion. This follows a revised gain of 0.1 per cent reported in October 2019, when construction spending totaled $1,317 billion. Total Residential construction increased 1.8 per cent to $543 billion. Total Non-residential construction spending decreased 0.3 per cent to $781 billion.
Year-over-year, total spending is 4.1 per cent above November 2018.
Private sector construction increased 0.4 per cent to $985 billion, and is up 1.6 per cent over November 2018.
- Private Residential construction increased 1.9 per cent to $536 billion, and is up 2.7 per cent over November 2018.
- Private Non-residential construction spending decreased 1.2 per cent to $449 billion, and increased 0.2 per cent over November 2018.
Public sector construction increased 0.9 per cent to $339 billion, and is up 12.4 per cent over November 2018.
- Public Residential construction decreased 1.3 per cent to $7 billion, and is up 14.7 per cent over November 2018.
- Public Non-residential construction spending increased 0.9 per cent to $332 billion, and up 12.4 per cent over November 2018.
Year-to-date (January-November 2019), US construction spending is down 0.8 per cent over January-November 2018.
- Private sector construction is down 3.1 per cent.
- Public sector construction is up 6.9 per cent .
- Total Residential construction is down 5.5 per cent .
- Total Non-residential construction is up 2.7 per cent .
Source: US Census Bureau
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