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  • Canada Investment in Construction: 4Q and Nov 2015

    Investment in Canadian non-residential building construction reached $12.6 billion in 4Q, down 1.7 per cent from the previous quarter, according to Statistics Canada Monday. Investment in Canadian residential construction rose 2.2 per cent to $4.3 billion in November compared with the same month in 2014, said StatsCan Thursday. Higher construction spending on apartment and apartment-condominium…

  • Canada Investment in Construction: 4Q and Nov 2015

    Investment in Canadian non-residential building construction reached $12.6 billion in 4Q, down 1.7 per cent from the previous quarter, according to Statistics Canada Monday. Investment in Canadian residential construction rose 2.2 per cent to $4.3 billion in November compared with the same month in 2014, said StatsCan Thursday. Higher construction spending on apartment and apartment-condominium…

  • US Residential Construction Employment

    The count of unfilled jobs in the overall construction sector increased in November, as hiring in the home building sector accelerated. According to the BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) and NAHB analysis Tuesday, the number of open construction sector jobs (on a seasonally adjusted basis) increased to 135,000 in November from 121,000…

  • US Residential Construction Employment

    The count of unfilled jobs in the overall construction sector increased in November, as hiring in the home building sector accelerated. According to the BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) and NAHB analysis Tuesday, the number of open construction sector jobs (on a seasonally adjusted basis) increased to 135,000 in November from 121,000…

  • Canada Housing Starts: November 2015

    Canadian housing starts rose unexpectedly in November and building permits surged in October, fueling Canada’s prolonged housing boom even as the nation’s weak economy contributed to underlying softness in some regions, reports showed on Tuesday. Groundbreaking on new homes jumped to 211,916 units last month from a downwardly revised 197,712 units in October, bucking expectations…