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Construction spending in June was down for the third consecutive month, although the year-to-date total remains higher than the same six months in 2015, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC).

Construction spending will continue to expand over the next year-and-a-half, but at a more “tempered” pace than before, according to the American Institute of Architects’ semi-annual Consensus Construction Forecast.

Construction employment was unchanged in June, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC).

It’s glass-half-empty/glass-half-full time in the analysis of May construction spending conducted by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC).

Construction employment declined for a second straight month in May, dropping by 15,000 jobs, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC). (April employment, initially reported as showing an increase of 1,000 jobs, was revised downward to show a 5,000-job drop.)

Construction employment in April reached its highest level since December 2008 but only increased by 1,000 jobs, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC).

Construction spending in March was up slightly over February — and up 8 percent from a year earlier — to reach its highest level since October 2007, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC).

Construction employment increased by 37,000 jobs in March, making a total of 300,000 jobs added over the past year, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC).

Last month, February construction unemployment hit its lowest level since the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) started keeping records in 2000.