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08/05/2022 Construction Firms Add 32,000 Jobs In July As Sector's Unemployment Rate Drops To 3.5 Percent and Number Of Unfilled Positions Nears Record Level
08/03/2022 Construction Employment Was Flat Or Down In 112 Of 358 Metro Areas Between June 2021 & 2022 As Firms Cope With Labor & Material Shortages
08/01/2022 Construction Spending Falls in June with Declines in Residential and Nonresidential Activity Amid Growing Labor and Materials Shortages
07/22/2022 Construction Employment In June Continues To Lag Pre-Pandemic Level In 18 States As Lack Of Qualified Workers Holds Down Hiring
07/14/2022 Construction Input Costs Jump 1.1 Percent From May To June, Adding To Pressure On Contractors Despite Recent Decline In Some Materials Prices
07/08/2022 Construction Employment Climbs By 13,000 In June But Plunge In Jobseekers Leaves Industry With Record Number Of Unfilled Positions At End Of May
07/01/2022 Construction Spending Dips In May As New Residential Activity Stalls, While Nonresidential Projects Decline For Third Consecutive Month
06/29/2022 Two-thirds Of Metro Areas Add Construction Jobs From May 2021 To May 2022 But Lack Of Workers Holds Back Employment In Some Areas
06/22/2022 Suspending The Federal Gas Tax Won’t Provide Relief At The Pump, But Will Add To The Pain Of Using America’s Roads And Rails
06/17/2022 Forty-Three States & D.C. Add Construction Jobs During the Past Year, But Only 22 States Added Construction Jobs Between April & May Amid Labor and Supply Shortages