June’s Nonresidential Construction Starts +26% M/M, +11% Y/Y, and +5% YTD
ConstructConnect announced June 2023’s volume of nonresidential construction starts was $63.2 billion, up +25.5% versus May 2023’s $50.3 billion.
ConstructConnect announced June 2023’s volume of nonresidential construction starts was $63.2 billion, up +25.5% versus May 2023’s $50.3 billion.
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate has been less than 4.0% for 15 months in a row, indicative of a labor market that’s about as tight ever.
The average Producer Price Index for construction material costs has slid to -4.7% y/r. and the the PPI bid price index, remains positive +10.9% y/y.
Below are six graphs recording 12-month moving averages of ConstructConnect’s nonresidential construction starts.
The accompanying table records the top 10 project starts in the United States for May 2023.
ConstructConnect's May 2023 volume of nonresidential construction starts was $49.2 billion, up +4.3% versus April 2023’s figure of $47.1 billion
In May 2023, Canadian construction employment stayed flat; manufacturing employment, though, climbed by +13,000 jobs.
North America’s major stock market indices are currently well up from the lows they reached in October of last year.
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