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The Week Ahead: Keeping an Eye on Construction Spending

The U.S. Census Bureau [1] will release data for new construction spending on Monday at 10 a.m. EST.  

The bureau’s last release revealed that construction spending during November 2018 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,299.9 billion, 0.8 percent above the revised October estimate of $1,289.7 billion. The November figure is 3.4 percent above the November 2017 estimate of $1,257.3 billion. During the first eleven months of this year, construction spending amounted to $1,200.7 billion, 4.5 percent above the $1,149.3 billion for the same period in 2017.

Here's what else is happening in the week ahead: