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The largest monthly increases were for power ($3.863 billion), highway paving ($3.165 billion) ,manufacturing ($2.495 billion), public safety building, mostly police stations ($1.225 billion), office ($0.861 billion) and education, mostly high schools ($0.647 billion). Each of these markets has already experienced a slowdown in project starts from declining tax receipts and a weakened outlook for space demand so the recent strong gains in construction spending will reverse soon.

The largest monthly decreases were for single family homes ($10.636 billion), residential remodeling ($3.913 billion), communications facilities ($1.573 billion), retail and other commercial buildings ($1.084 billion) and multi family housing ($0.704 billion).  …

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