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January 04, 2021US CONSTRUCTION SPENDING, NOVEMBER 2020
Month over month (Nov 2020 vs Oct 2020, seasonally adjusted annual rate)
- US construction spending increased 0.9% to $1,459 billion
- Total Residential construction increased 2.6% to $667 billion
- Total Non-residential construction spending decreased 0.6% to $792 billion
- Private sector construction increased 1.2% to $1,112 billion
- Private residential construction increased 2.7% to $658 billion
- Private non-residential construction spending decreased 0.8% to $454 billion
- Public sector construction declined 0.2% to $348 billion
- Public residential construction increased 0.5% to $9.0 billion
- Public non-residential construction spending declined 0.2% to $339 billion
Year over year (Nov 2020 vs Nov 2019)
- US Construction spending was up 3.8%
- Private sector construction spending was up 4.1%
- Private residential construction spending was up 16.1%
- Private non-residential construction spending was down 9.5%
- Public sector construction spending was up 3.1%
- Public residential construction spending was up 24.3%
- Public non-residential construction spending was up 2.6%
Year-to-date (Jan-Nov 2020 vs Jan-Nov 2019)
- US construction spending was up 4.3%
- Private sector construction was up 4.0%
- Public sector construction was up 5.1%
- Total Residential construction was up 10.0%
- Total Non-residential construction was up 0.4%
Source: US Census Bureau, retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, January 4, 2021.
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