Demand for different types of construction continued to diverge in June as residential construction increased for the month and the year while nonresidential construction spending fell...again. 

Construction employment increased by 10,000 jobs in October and by 148,000, or 2.0 percent, over the past 12 months, while construction spending decreased by 2.0 percent from September 2018 to September 2019, according to an analysis of new government data by the Associated General Contractors of America. 

FMI just released their Third Quarter 2019 North American Engineering & Construction Outlook, which features comprehensive construction forecasts for the U.S. and Canada as well as information on key market drivers.

Construction spending inched up less than 0.1 percent in July from June but slipped from year-ago levels.

Construction spending increased by 1.3 percent from December to January as gains in apartment construction and most private and public nonresidential project types outweighed a slump in single-family homebuilding, according to an analysis of new government data by the Associated General Contractors

Overall construction spending increased between September 2016 and September 2017 as growing private-sector residential demand continues to offset annual declines in public-sector investments in infrastructure and other projects, according to an analysis of new government data by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials urged members of Congress and the Trump administration to include new funding for roads, bridges, clean water and other important infrastructure as part of any new tax reform measure.

The Dodge Momentum Index moved lower in August, falling 2.4% to 129.1 (2000=100) from its revised July reading of 132.2.