WASHINGTON, DC—Construction spending reached an annualized rate of $1.253 trillion in December, a record high. The monthly gain of 0.7% marked the fifth consecutive increase in private and public expenditures and also beat analysts' estimates.
However, the full-year 2017 total of $1.23 trillion, 3.8% above the previous year's tally, represented the smallest year-over-year gain since a 2.6% decline in 2011. By comparison, spending increased 11% in 2014, 10.7% in 2015 and 6.5% in 2016.
Keeping the annual increase down was public sector spending, which declined 2.5% Y-O-Y, according to Census Bureau figures released Thursday. At the same time, private construction rose 5.8% to $950.7 billion from the $898.7 billion spent in '16. December's seasonally adjusted annual rate of $963.2 billion for private construction also represented a new record.
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