Wednesday, August 31, 2016

JUNE 2016 CONSTRUCTION AT $1,133.5 BILLION ANNUAL RATE



The U.S. Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced today that construction spending during June 2016 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,133.5 billion, 0.6 percent (±1.3%)* below the revised May estimate of $1,140.9 billion. The June figure is 0.3 percent (±1.6%)* above the June 2015 estimate of $1,130.5 billion.

During the first 6 months of this year, construction spending amounted to $539.8 billion, 6.2 percent (±1.3%) above the $508.1 billion for the same period in 2015.


PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION

Spending on private construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $851.0 billion, 0.6 percent (±1.0%)* below the revised May estimate of $856.6 billion. Residential construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $445.8 billion in June, nearly the same as (±1.3%)*  the revised May estimate of $445.9 billion. Nonresidential construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $405.2 billion in June, 1.3 percent (±1.0%) below the revised May estimate of $410.7 billion.

PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION

In June, the estimated seasonally adjusted annual rate of public construction spending was $282.5 billion, 0.6 percent (±2.5%)* below the revised May estimate of $284.3 billion. Educational construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $67.5 billion, 0.5 percent (±5.8%)* below the revised May estimate of $67.8 billion. Highway construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $88.0 billion, 1.4 percent (±5.4%)* below the revised May estimate of $89.2 billion.

Value of Construction Put in Place at a Glance June 2016


Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate

Not Seasonally Adjusted

(millions of dollars)

(millions of dollars)
Total
 1,133,543

 102,696
  Private
  851,029 

  75,735 
     Residential
  445,820 

  41,161 
     Nonresidential
  405,209

  34,574
  Public
  282,514

  26,960
    State and Local
  259,845

 25,005
     Federal
    22,669

   1,956

Source: US Census

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