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Construction spending in October reached levels not seen since 2007, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) — and showed a year-to-year increase of 13 percent over October 2014.

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In October construction employment reached its highest level since February 2009 — 6,434,000 jobs — and unemployment in the sector has dropped to 6.2 percent, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC).

Construction spending in September rose to $1.094 trillion at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, the highest level since March 2008 — and the highest rate of increase since 2006, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC).

Construction employment totaled 6,388,000 in August, the most since February 2009, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC).

Construction employment is at its highest level since February 2009, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) — and unemployment among workers with construction experience is at its lowest level in 14 years.

June’s construction spending of $1.065 trillion is 12 percent higher than the rate in June 2014, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) — the fastest year-over-year seasonally adjusted increase since 2006.

While June construction employment kept even with May’s levels, unemployment in the sector fell to its lowest level since 2001, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC).

The last time construction spending was as high as it was in May, John McCain was running for president.