Economic News

2023 July

NAHB Debuts New Index for Multifamily Activity

The National Association of Home Builders redesigned its Multifamily Market Survey in the first quarter of 2023 to make it easier to interpret and more similar to the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index for...

2023 June

ABI March 2023: Business Conditions Improve Slightly

Business conditions at architecture firms saw a slight improvement in March, following declining billings during the last five months. The AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index score of 50.4 for the month indicates that a slight...

2023 June

Nonresidential Construction Spending Increases by 0.7% in March

National nonresidential construction spending increased by 0.7% in March, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data published today by the U.S. Census Bureau. On a seasonally adjusted annualized basis, nonresidential spending...

2023 June

Construction Firms Add 15,000 Jobs in April

The construction sector added 15,000 jobs in April while the sector’s unemployment rate fell to a record low for the month and the number of unfilled construction positions is close to a monthly high,...

2023 June

Construction Materials Prices Rise 0.5% in April

The price of materials and services used in nonresidential construction increased 0.5% from March to April, while an index that measures contractors’ bid prices declined 0.3%, according to an analysis by the Associated General...