据《商业部》报道,Construction的支出从5月份的水平上升了0.1%,至10.6.5亿美元的年率,但估价为12%的增长率增长了12%。

Commerce的美国人口普查局在8月3日发布的最新的每月建筑支出报告中说,2015年前六个月的建筑工程价值比去年同期增长了8%。

6月份的总住宅支出比5月增加了0.4%,同比增长了12%。

Nonresidential work was flat compared with May’s level but gained 11.5% from June 2014’s mark. The figures are adjusted for seasonal differences.

Construction economists focused on the 12-month comparison. Ken Simonson, Associated General Contractors of America chief economist, said that the 12% year-over-year increase was the largest since March 2014, signaling that overall construction volume is picking up steam.

Anirban Basu,关联的建筑商和承包商首席经济学家,noted that nonresidential's 11.5% rise is the largest such increase in the January-June period since 2002, when the Census Bureau started reporting on construction spending. Basu added that the results also are "further proof of the recovery for nonresidential construction."

Among large nonresidential sectors, power declined 0.9% compared with May’s total, to $88.5 billion, and slumped 16.5% from its year-earlier level.

从5月起,教育项目下降了新利18备用网址0.2%,至838亿美元,同比增长了2.1%。

Highway and street construction hit $91.5 billion in June, up 1.3% from May and a 14.8% jump from June 2014.

办公大楼是down 1.1% from May, to $55.4 billion, but surged 24.4% year over year.

6月,私人建筑从5月的总数下降了0.5%,但比其年度总数增长了13.7%。公共建设增长了1.6%,而5月比2014年6月的公共建设增长了8%。

西蒙森说:“几个私人类别的增长特别快,包括办公室和多户住房。但是他警告说:“他们是否能够继续增长,部分取决于公司能够找到足够的熟练工人,许多承包商已经面临的问题。”