Softening Housing Growth Allows a Surprise Slide in May US Construction Spending
Softening Housing Growth Allows a Surprise Slide in May US Construction Spending Investments in housing construction did not grow enough to continue overcoming the months-long decline in nonresidential spending, but promising hints of softening lumber prices and infrastructure funding offer short- and long-term hope July 1, 2021 data: US Department of Commerce; graph: ForConstructionPros.com Slowing spending on single-family residential construction allowed a surprise slip in total May U.S. construction spending. Groups of economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal and Reuters ahead of ...