Tuesday, July 31, 2007

UPDATE 1-U.S. construction spending fell 0.3 pct in June

(Reuters) - Analysts polled by Reuters were expecting a 0.2 percent
gain in construction spending. The drop to a seasonally
adjusted annual rate of $1.18 trillion was the first decline in
overall construction spending since January, the Commerce
Department said.




Private nonresidential construction rose 0.3 percent to a
$347 billion annual rate, a record high.


Read more at Reuters.com Economic News

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