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Michael Guckes, Chief Economist
September 15th, 2022
ConstructConnect’s Expansion Index, a monthly measure of the dollar value of planned or contemplated construction projects compared to the same month one year ago, for September 2022 was 10% and 20% higher overall in Canada and the United States, respectively.
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Michael Guckes, Chief Economist
September 9th, 2022
In recent months, the price spread between European natural gas and U.S. natural gas has grown to unprecedented levels in modern history, largely because of Russia’s tactical closure of major gas pipelines to EU nations. The latest data from the International Monetary Fund and U.S. Energy Information Administration put the price difference measured in dollars per Million British Thermal Units at $42.82. As a result, energy costs in the EU are many times greater than in the United States.
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Alex Carrick
September 8th, 2022
The other day, I wrote about U.S. city labor markets. Today’s article presents the same subject matter and graphics for Canada.
By:
Alex Carrick
September 7th, 2022
It’s always helpful to know which U.S. cities have the hottest economies and one way to make that assessment is to look at their labor markets.
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Michael Guckes, Chief Economist
September 2nd, 2022
One important indicator of supply chain conditions is the Manufacturing Supplier Deliveries Index produced by the Institute for Supply Management This index is calculated using the responses from a monthly survey sent out to manufacturers across the United States. The survey’s question about supplier deliveries asks whether they are arriving faster, slower, or unchanged compared to the prior month.
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Alex Carrick
September 2nd, 2022
The total number-of-jobs count in the United States rose by +315,000 in August, according to the latest Employment Situation report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. At least, +315,000 is the figure that will be featured in media headlines; but it doesn’t tell a totally accurate story.
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Alex Carrick
September 2nd, 2022
The great debate concerning whether the United States is already in recession or is about to head down that path continues. 2022’s Q1 and Q2 gross domestic product performance figures are now estimated to be -1.6% and -0.6% respectively. But economywide unemployment is at a historic low and, as ConstructConnect is finding, many firms are feeling confident enough to go ahead with massive construction projects.
By:
Michael Guckes, Chief Economist
August 31st, 2022
Residential construction firms can partially insulate themselves from a market correction by understanding that different factors—each with their own unique causes and timing—affect the single and multi-family housing market.
By:
Alex Carrick
August 22nd, 2022
Let’s jump right into a discussion of some of the more interesting numbers to have appeared in recent public and private sector data releases. Exorbitant prices charged for nearly everything is seemingly top of mind for everyone, so that’s where we’ll begin. Is there relief in sight?
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Alex Carrick
August 19th, 2022
The accompanying table records the top 10 project starts in the United States for July 2022.
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