Cbizmhm construction vital statistics jul2015-infographic

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0 5 10 Construction Vital Statistics July 2015 at a Glance Unemployment Rate (Bureau of Labor Statistics) 7.5% 5.3% Overall Current Month Year-over-Year Construction 6.2% 5.5% Housing Permits & Starts (U.S. Census Bureau & Dept. of Housing and Urban Dev.) TOTAL PERMITS Current Month: -16.3% vs. 1 yr. Earlier: 7.5% TOTAL STARTS Current Month: 0.2% vs. 1 yr. Earlier: 10.1% Nonresidential Construction Material Prices (Producer Price Index) By the Numbers: Current Month: -0.1% Nonresidential Construction Spending (U.S. Census Bureau) Construction Backlog Indicator (Associated Builders & Contractors/1st Quarter 2015) 8.4 vs. 1 yr. Earlier: 8.1 Construction Owner Confidence Index (Associated Builders & Contractors/2nd Half of 2014) Readings above 50 indicate growth SALES EXPECTATIONS fell from 68.2 to 67.3 PROFIT MARGIN EXPECTATIONS expanded from 60.3 to 61.0 STAFFING LEVEL INTENTIONS moved higher from 65.0 to 66.3 Year-over-year change: -3.0% June 2015: 0.0% Year-over-year change: 11.5% vs. vs.

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Construction Vital Statistics July 2015at a Glance

Unemployment Rate(Bureau of Labor Statistics)

7.5%5.3%

Overall

Current Month Year-over-Year

Construction

6.2% 5.5%

Housing Permits & Starts (U.S. Census Bureau & Dept. of Housing and Urban Dev.)

TOTAL PERMITS Current Month:

-16.3% vs.1 yr. Earlier: 7.5%

TOTAL STARTSCurrent Month:

0.2% vs.1 yr. Earlier: 10.1%

Nonresidential Construction Material Prices (Producer Price Index)By theNumbers: Current Month: -0.1%

Nonresidential Construction Spending (U.S. Census Bureau)

Construction Backlog Indicator

(Associated Builders & Contractors/1st Quarter 2015)

8.4 vs. 1 yr. Earlier: 8.1

Construction Owner Confidence Index

(Associated Builders & Contractors/2nd Half of 2014)Readings above 50 indicate growth

SALES EXPECTATIONS fell from 68.2 to 67.3

PROFIT MARGINEXPECTATIONSexpanded from 60.3 to 61.0

STAFFING LEVELINTENTIONSmoved higher from 65.0 to 66.3

Year-over-year change: -3.0%

June 2015: 0.0% Year-over-year change: 11.5%

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