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01/07/2013 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINES IN 151 OUT OF 337 METRO AREAS BETWEEN NOVEMBER 2011 & 2012 WHILE NEW YORK METRO AREAS SUFFER LOSSES FROM SANDY
01/03/2013 CONSTRUCTION SECTOR ADDS 30,000 JOBS BETWEEN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER AS INDUSTRY'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HITS 13.5 PERCENT
01/01/2013 CONSTRUCTION SPENDING SLIPS IN NOVEMBER BUT RISES FROM YEAR-AGO LEVEL; ASSOCIATION OFFICIALS PREDICT MORE PRIVATE SPENDING, LESS PUBLIC FUNDING
12/20/2012 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINED IN MOST STATES IN NOVEMBER AS ANXIETY OVER FISCAL CLIFF CAUSES CONTRACTORS TO HOLD OFF ON HIRING
12/12/2012 CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL PRICES CONTINUE TO FALL IN NOVEMBER AS COSTS FOR KEY COMPONENTS DROP AND THREAT OF FISCAL CLIFF DAMPENS DEMAND
12/06/2012 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINES BY 20,000 JOBS IN NOVEMBER AS MANY CONTRACTORS REPORT MAKING LAYOFFS, HIRING DELAYS DUE TO FISCAL CLIFF
12/04/2012 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINES IN 156 OUT OF 337 METRO AREAS BETWEEN OCTOBER 2011 & 2012 AS NEW REPORT WARNS OF FISCAL CLIFF'S THREAT TO INDUSTRY
12/02/2012 CONSTRUCTION SPENDING RISES FOR SEVENTH STRAIGHT MONTH TO 37-MONTH HIGH IN OCTOBER WITH GAINS IN RESIDENTIAL, NONRESIDENTIAL AND PUBLIC SEGMENTS
11/19/2012 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINED IN 28 STATES BETWEEN OCTOBER 2011 AND 2012, WHILE 31 STATES AND D.C. ADDED CONSTRUCTION JOBS FOR THE MONTH
11/13/2012 CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL COSTS DIP IN OCTOBER BUT OUTRUN CONTRACTORS' BID PRICES YEAR-OVER-YEAR; ANNOUNCED PRICE HIKES, FISCAL CLIFF POSE NEW THREATS