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01/01/2014 CONSTRUCTION SPENDING INCREASED BY 5.9 PERCENT BETWEEN NOVEMBER 2012 AND 2013 AMID GROWING PRIVATE SECTOR DEMAND FOR CONSTRUCTION
12/30/2013 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASED IN 211 OUT OF 339 METRO AREAS BETWEEN NOVEMBER 2012 & 2013 BUT ONLY 19 METRO AREAS PASSED PRIOR EMPLOYMENT PEAKS
12/19/2013 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASED IN 39 STATES FROM A YEAR AGO AND IN 30 STATES FROM OCTOBER TO NOVEMBER BUT DIVERGENT TRENDS HIGHLIGHT FRAGILITY
12/05/2013 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYERS ADD 17,000 JOBS IN NOVEMBER AS SECTOR'S EMPLOYMENT HITS HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE AUGUST 2009; UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HITS 8.6 PERCENT
12/01/2013 RARE SPIKE IN PUBLIC OUTLAYS SENDS CONSTRUCTION SPENDING TO FOUR-YEAR PEAK IN OCTOBER DESPITE DECLINES IN PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL, NONRESIDENTIAL MARKETS
11/26/2013 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASED IN 215 OUT OF 339 METRO AREAS BETWEEN OCTOBER 2012 & 2013 BUT ONLY 21 AREAS TOPPED PREVIOUS HIGHS FOR THE MONTH
11/21/2013 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASED IN 39 STATES FROM A YEAR AGO AND IN 32 STATES FROM SEPTEMBER TO OCTOBER AMID EFFORTS TO PASS INFRASTRUCTURE BILLS
11/07/2013 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYERS ADD 11,000 JOBS IN OCTOBER AS SECTOR'S EMPLOYMENT HITS 50-MONTH HIGH FOLLOWING FIVE CONSECUTIVE MONTHS OF JOB GROWTH
10/21/2013 CONSTRUCTION ADDS 20,000 JOBS IN SEPTEMBER AS UNEMPLOYMENT HITS SIX-YEAR LOW; SPENDING CLIMBS IN AUGUST FOR FIFTH STRAIGHT MONTH BUT PUBLIC OUTLAYS LAG
09/30/2013 CONSTRUCTION SPENDING IN AUGUST IS... UNKNOWN BECAUSE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN AS INDUSTRY'S RECOVERY IS THREATENED