Monday, March 3rd
Value Of Construction Put In Place Hits Record
Private residential building construction (up 2.5 percent for the month and 12 percent over the year-ago month) and public construction (+1 percent for the month and 0.6 percent compared to January 2002) both set records.
Private nonresidential building construction slipped by 0.3 percent for the month and 15 percent relative to January 2002.
Another Commerce Dept. agency, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, estimated that fourth quarter 2002 real (inflation-adjusted) investment in private nonresidential structures was down for the fifth straight quarter, by 10 percent, compared to -21 percent in the third quarter.
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