Digging for Dirt
Construction input prices declined 0.5% in September, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price Index data released today. Nonresidential construction input prices fell 0.4% for the month.
Despite the monthly decline, construction input prices […]
Both nonresidential and overall construction input prices increased in September, with natural gas and crude petroleum prices bouncing back, according to analysis of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Producer Price Index released today by Associated Builders and Contractors […]
“February marks the second consecutive month in which construction materials prices expanded briskly.” —ABC Chief Economist Anirban Basu.
Construction materials prices expanded 0.7 percent in February and are up 0.6 percent over the past year, according to the March 14 producer […]
“Materials prices continue to be unusually well behaved, neither rising nor falling aggressively on a month-to-month basis.” —ABC Chief Economist Anirban Basu.
Construction materials prices expanded just 0.1 percent in December and are up 1.3 percent year over year, according to […]