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12/06/2012 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINES BY 20,000 JOBS IN NOVEMBER AS MANY CONTRACTORS REPORT MAKING LAYOFFS, HIRING DELAYS DUE TO FISCAL CLIFF
12/04/2012 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINES IN 156 OUT OF 337 METRO AREAS BETWEEN OCTOBER 2011 & 2012 AS NEW REPORT WARNS OF FISCAL CLIFF'S THREAT TO INDUSTRY
12/02/2012 CONSTRUCTION SPENDING RISES FOR SEVENTH STRAIGHT MONTH TO 37-MONTH HIGH IN OCTOBER WITH GAINS IN RESIDENTIAL, NONRESIDENTIAL AND PUBLIC SEGMENTS
11/19/2012 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINED IN 28 STATES BETWEEN OCTOBER 2011 AND 2012, WHILE 31 STATES AND D.C. ADDED CONSTRUCTION JOBS FOR THE MONTH
11/13/2012 CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL COSTS DIP IN OCTOBER BUT OUTRUN CONTRACTORS' BID PRICES YEAR-OVER-YEAR; ANNOUNCED PRICE HIKES, FISCAL CLIFF POSE NEW THREATS
11/01/2012 CONSTRUCTION SECTOR ADDS 17,000 JOBS BETWEEN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER AS INDUSTRY'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FALLS TO 11.4 PERCENT
10/31/2012 CONSTRUCTION SPENDING HITS THREE-YEAR HIGH IN SEPTEMBER AS SOLID GAINS IN PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL, NONRESIDENTIAL CATEGORIES OUTWEIGH PUBLIC DOWNTURN
10/30/2012 NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION GROUP TO RENOVATE CAPITOL HILL'S AMERICAN LEGION POST AS PART OF NATIONWIDE CHARITY EFFORT
10/29/2012 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINES IN 160 OUT OF 337 METRO AREAS BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 2011 AND 2012; HURRICANE RECONSTRUCTION UNLIKELY TO ALTER BROADER MARKET TRENDS
10/18/2012 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINED IN 28 STATES BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 2011 AND 2012, WHILE 30 STATES ADDED CONSTRUCTION JOBS FOR THE MONTH

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