September’s unexpected 0.5% increase in construction spending was tempered somewhat by the fact that August’s tally was revised downward, dropping considerably from the initially estimated 0.4% spending gain to a 0.2% decrease.

A Bloomberg survey had expected construction spending to fall 0.5% in September. Construction spending fell 2.6% in July, and was essentially unchanged in June. On a…

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Construction Spending Edges Up on Public Projects originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:55:00.

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