During the first three months of this year, construction spending amounted to $209.5 billion, 10.9 percent (????????1.4 percent) below the $235.2 billion for the same period in 2008.

Private Construction
Spending on private construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $661.0 billion, 0.1 percent (????????1.4%) below the revised February estimate of $661.6 billion. Nonresidential construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $402.6 billion in March, 2.7 percent (????????1.4%) above the revised February estimate of $392.0 billion.

Public Construction
In March, the estimated seasonally adjusted annual rate of public construction spending was $308.7 billion, 1.1 percent (????????1.9 percent) above the revised February estimate of $305.4 billion. Educational construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $89.2 billion, 1.6 percent (????????3.0 percent) above the revised February estimate of $87.8 billion. Highway construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $76.2 billion, 0.8 percent (????????7.2 percent) below the revised February estimate of $76.8 billion. ?EUR??,,????'??? Courtesy of US Census Bureau