Construction spending increases in February
Yesterday, the聽聽showing improvement in February with total construction spending, residential and non-residential construction spending increasing on the month.聽
On a month-to-month basis, total residential spending increased 2.17% from January climbing 20.08% above the level seen in聽February聽2012 while still remaining a whopping 55.15% below the peak level seen in 2006.
Single family construction spending climbed a notable 4.27% since January rising 34.14% since聽February 2012 but remained a whopping 66.40% below it's peak in 2006.
Non-residential construction spending increased 0.44% since January and rose 6.08% above the level seen in February 2012 and remained a whopping 27.37% below the peak level reached in October 2008.
