The U.S. Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce
announced today that construction spending during June 2015 was estimated at a
seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,064.6 billion, 0.1 percent (±1.5%)* above
the revised May estimate of $1,063.5 billion. The June figure is 12.0 percent
(±2.1%) above the June 2014 estimate of $950.3 billion.
During the first 6 months of this year, construction
spending amounted to $482.7 billion, 8.0 percent (±1.5%) above the $446.8
billion for the same period in 2014.
PRIVATE
CONSTRUCTION
Spending on private construction was at a seasonally
adjusted annual rate of $766.4 billion, 0.5 percent (±0.8%)* below the revised
May estimate of $770.0 billion. Residential construction was at a seasonally
adjusted annual rate of $371.6 billion in June, 0.4 percent (±1.3%)* above the
revised May estimate of $370.0 billion. Nonresidential construction was at a
seasonally adjusted annual rate of $394.8 billion in June, 1.3 percent (±0.8%)
below the revised May estimate of $400.0 billion.
PUBLIC
CONSTRUCTION
In June, the estimated seasonally adjusted annual rate of
public construction spending was $298.2 billion, 1.6 percent (±2.6%)* above the
revised May estimate of $293.5 billion. Educational construction was at a
seasonally adjusted annual rate of $67.2 billion, 0.2 percent (±5.1%)* above
the revised May estimate of $67.1 billion. Highway construction was at a
seasonally adjusted annual rate of $90.9 billion, 1.2 percent (±6.3%)* above
the revised May estimate of $89.8 billion.
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Source: United States Census
Bureau
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