The U.S. Census Bureau has announced that construction spending during October was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $872.1 billion, which is 1.4% above the revised September estimate of $860.4 billion. The October figure is 9.6% above the October 2011 estimate of $795.7 billion.
During the first 10 months of this year, construction spending amounted to $707.4 billion, 9.3% above the $646.9 billion for the same period in 2011.
Spending on private construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $592.1 billion, 1.6% above the revised September estimate of $582.7 billion. Residential construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $294.2 billion in October, 3% above the revised September estimate of $285.7 billion. Nonresidential construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $297.9 billion in October, 0.3% above the revised September estimate of $297.0 billion.
In October, the estimated seasonally adjusted annual rate of public construction spending was $280.1 billion, 0.8% above the revised September estimate of $277.7 billion. Educational construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $69.3 billion, 0.9% above the revised September estimate of $68.6 billion.