ABC issues news releases on the latest workforce, policy and industry issues, as well as construction-related economic data and trends. Commercial and industrial construction economic analyses include federal data on construction spending, employment, job openings and the Producer Price Index. 

In addition, ABC produces the Construction Backlog Indicator, the only economic indicator that reflects the amount of work that will be performed by commercial and industrial construction contractors in the months ahead, and the Construction Confidence Index, a diffusion index that signals construction contractors’ expectations for sales, profit margins and staffing levels. Methodology for both indicators can be found here. ABC construction economic releases are published according to this schedule for 2023.  

Search
Reset
 

From category archives: News Releases

Materials Prices

Construction Materials Prices Dip in December

Thursday, January 15, 2015 11:21 AM
Construction input prices dipped 1.4 percent during the final month of 2014 and are down nearly 1 percent on a year-over-year basis, according to the Jan. 15 producer price index release from the U.S. Department of Labor. Inputs to nonresidential construction fell even farther, down 1.7 percent for the month and 1.9 percent year over year. December’s report marks the sharpest decline in input prices since late 2008 during the global financial crisis and the fifth consecutive month construction materials prices have failed to rise.
Read the rest of entry »
In: News Releases 2015, Construction Economic Update, Materials Prices |

Construction Materials Prices Increase for Fifth Consecutive Month

Wednesday, May 14, 2014 10:33 AM
Overall construction materials prices increased 0.4 percent in April and are up 1.5 percent year over year, according to the May 14 Producer Price Index released by the U.S. Department of Labor. Nonresidential construction material prices were up 0.5 percent for the month and are 1.4 percent higher than the same time last year. 
Read the rest of entry »
In: News Releases 2014, Construction Economics, Materials Prices |

Construction Materials Prices Up 0.5 Percent in March

Friday, April 11, 2014 1:02 PM
Construction materials prices expanded 0.5 percent in March and are up 1.1 percent from March of last year, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s April 11 producer price index release. Nonresidential construction materials prices are up 0.4 percent for the month and are 1 percent higher than the same time one year ago. 
Read the rest of entry »
In: News Releases 2014, Construction Economics, Materials Prices |

Construction Materials Prices Expand Again in February

Friday, March 14, 2014 12:52 PM
Construction materials prices expanded 0.7 percent in February and are up 0.6 percent over the past year, according to the March 14 producer price index release by the Department of Labor.  More specifically, nonresidential construction materials prices are up 0.7 percent for the month and are 0.4 percent higher than the same time one year ago. 
Read the rest of entry »
In: News Releases 2014, Construction Economics, Materials Prices |

Construction Materials More Volatile in January

Wednesday, February 19, 2014 11:21 AM
Construction materials prices expanded 0.6 percent in January and are up 1.5 percent year over year, according to the Feb. 19 producer price index released by the Department of Labor.  More specifically, nonresidential construction materials prices are up 0.5 percent for the month and are 1 percent higher than the same time one year ago. Read the rest of entry »
In: News Releases 2014, Construction Economics, Materials Prices |

Construction Materials Prices Rise Only 0.1 Percent in December

Wednesday, January 15, 2014 10:31 AM
Construction materials prices expanded just 0.1 percent in December and are up 1.3 percent year over year, according to a Jan. 15 Producer Price Index released by the Department of Labor. Nonresidential construction materials prices also rose only 0.1 percent for the month and are 1 percent higher than the same time one year ago. 
Read the rest of entry »
In: News Releases 2014, Construction Economics, Materials Prices |
Pages: Previous1...45678910NextReturn Top
For media inquiries, please contact Donna Reichle, ABC’s senior director of communcations and marketing at [email protected]

Click here to subscribe to ABC’s news releases or here to receive ABC's weekly newsletter, Newsline. 

Minimize
Search by Category   

Archives

2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012