a:26:{s:9:"weblog_id";s:1:"4";s:8:"entry_id";s:3:"914";s:6:"sticky";s:1:"n";s:14:"allow_comments";s:1:"n";s:16:"allow_trackbacks";s:1:"n";s:10:"entry_date";s:19:"2010-06-02 05:49 AM";s:15:"expiration_date";s:0:"";s:23:"comment_expiration_date";s:0:"";s:8:"category";a:1:{i:0;s:1:"4";}s:9:"author_id";s:1:"4";s:10:"new_weblog";s:1:"4";s:6:"status";s:4:"open";s:14:"trackback_urls";s:0:"";s:18:"versioning_enabled";s:1:"y";s:5:"title";s:39:"Construction Spending Continues to Rise";s:9:"url_title";s:39:"construction_spending_continues_to_rise";s:6:"submit";s:6:"Update";s:11:"field_id_26";s:39:"Construction Spending Continues to Rise";s:11:"field_ft_26";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_31";s:0:"";s:11:"field_id_44";s:116:"The U.S. Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced June 1 that construction continued to rise in April. ";s:11:"field_ft_44";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_28";s:27:"Commerce Department, report";s:11:"field_ft_28";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_29";s:1769:"<p>The U.S. Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced June 1 that construction spending during April 2010&nbsp; was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $869.1 billion, 2.7 percent (&plusmn;1.4%) above the revised March estimate&nbsp; of $845.9 billion. The April figure is 10.5 percent (&plusmn;1.6%) below the April 2009 estimate of $971.4 billion. <br /> <br />During the first four months of this year, construction spending amounted to $249.6 billion, 13.2 percent (&plusmn;1.1%) below the $287.5 billion for the same period in 2009.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Private Construction</strong><br /> <br />Spending on private construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $565.8 billion, 2.9 percent (&plusmn;1.1%) above the&nbsp; revised March estimate of $549.7 billion. Residential construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $263.0&nbsp; billion in April, 4.4 percent (&plusmn;1.3%) above the revised March estimate of $251.9 billion. Nonresidential construction was&nbsp; at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $302.7 billion in April, 1.7 percent (&plusmn;1.1%) above the revised March estimate of <br />$297.8 billion. <br /> <br /><strong>Public Construction</strong><br /> <br />In April, the estimated seasonally adjusted annual rate of public construction spending was $303.3 billion, 2.4 percent&nbsp; (&plusmn;2.1%) above the revised March estimate of $296.2 billion. Educational construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual&nbsp; rate of $74.7 billion, 0.4 percent (&plusmn;3.2%) above the revised March estimate of $74.4 billion. Highway construction was&nbsp; at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $84.3 billion, 3.6 percent (&plusmn;7.5%) above the revised March estimate of&nbsp;  $81.3 billion.</p>";s:10:"category_0";s:1:"4";}