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With COVID-19 stifling U.S. employment, Wisconsin metros gain construction jobs By: Bridgetower Media Newswires January 6, 2021 10:38 am More than half of Wisconsin metropolitan areas saw year-over-year gains in construction jobs in November, a month when barely a third of all U.S. metros recorded increases. Citing non-seasonally adjusted federal data, the Associated General Contractors of America reported on Monday that only 34% of all metropolitan areas throughout the country saw constr...

Houston construction industry leads nation in job loss FacebookTwitterEmail New construction projects are dwindling and job losses rising as the coronavirus recession drags on, according to the trade group Associated General Contractors.Mark Mulligan, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Construction jobs in Houston and across the country are becoming more scarce as public agencies and private owners become hesitant about starting new projects during the pandemic, according to an analysis fro...

Commercial construction sees historic lows as residential construction reach highs and last updated 2020-12-22 21:38:21-05 Commercial construction is experiencing a huge downtown and has yet to recover since it dipped at the start of the pandemic. But in contrast, residential construction is experiencing historic demands. “Its been a remarkable year for housing,” said Robert Dietz, chief economist for the National Association of Home Builders. When the pandemic hit, no one was sure w...

Nonresidential and water infrastructure was hardest hit, reporting business as “off.” Home building called the year “good,” as home-bound workers sought safer or more comfortable space, or further feathered the nests they already inhabited. Fleet managers and those in the transportation markets labeled 2020 as “average.” Each of these markets is covered by Scranton Gillette/SGC Horizon publications, siblings of Construction Equipment. Most regions reported that 2020 was “average,�...

Down. i think generally they expect u.s. economic growth to be slower than it has been. and in particular, housing is one thing that is really lagging behind. >> right. ken, thank you so much. really appreciate it. ken simonson with us here. the presidents latest conspiracy theory involves fox news plus republican congressman steve king holds a town hall meeting in iowa as he faces calls to resign and only one constituent shows up for it even though she is not a supporter. shes going to tell us ...

Became concerned showing a lack of confidence by ditching out a short term bonds for longer term ones. and there you see the dow jones industrial average is up right now about 300 points. at this point, it erased much of last weeks selloff. there are concerns over the trade war with china that sent markets plunging. with me to make sense of it is ken simonson. he is from the national association for business economics and your new var numbers show that economists are split about it when you ask ...

results they wanted overall and help people out. but the one thing that really did was your report card came back, and if you were in fourth grade and you might be only reading at third-grade, second- month level. the parents could only be really upset or really happy to figure the kids averaged to fear how this comes out. it does not happen under this testing. i would not mandate it, is that the report cards ought to come back to the parents did let them know what grade level that kid...

is it wise to allow a perishable item to spoil? he asked, why leave a room empty? the additional revenue easily covers operating costs. 65 dollars is better than no dollars. okay. $65 for tonight. you cant argue with a big deal. good morning. a fed fight brewing. both sides now predicting that ben bernanke will be victorious. the markets at this hour, u.s. equity futures pointing to a positive start after three horrific days and the bulls look to bounce back from those losses last week...

>> paul: wall street toasts the market comeback of 2009. the dow, nasdaq and s&p 500 all make remarkable runs after hitting fresh lows in march. >> susie: talk about remarkable runs-- my co-anchor paul kangas bids farewell to "nightly business report" after 30 years of bringing you the best of good buys. well toast the man whos been called "the walter cronkite of business news." >> paul: im paul kangas. >> susie: and im susie gharib. this is "nightly business report" for thursday, dece...