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3 Maps Showing 2017 versus 2016 Housing Starts in American States

Tuesday, March 13th, 2018

The three maps in this infographic focus attention on the 2017-over-2016 percentage changes in homebuilding activity in America’s states. The Census Bureau does not publish home starts statistics at the state level, but it does compile and release residential permits numbers.

3 Maps Showing 2017 versus 2016 Housing Starts in American States Graphic

Therefore, the shadings in the maps are based on permits data (in units). The words ‘permits’ and ‘starts’ will be used interchangeably in the following commentary.

The total number of new home permits in the U.S. in 2017 was +6% compared with 2016. As the ‘legend-key’ sets out, individual states with percentage increases over +6% are shaded in green − for warmth.

As the shading moves from lighter green to darker green, the percentage increases move higher.

States shaded in blue − for chillier − had year-over-year increases that were +6% or less. The darkest shades of blue are reserved for states where there were significant 2017-over-2016 declines.

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Total U.S. Jobs +313,000 in February; Construction and Manufacturing Combine for +92,000

Tuesday, March 13th, 2018

Article source: ConstructConnect

In February, the U.S. recorded its biggest month-to-month jump in total employment in more than a year-and-a-half, according to the latest Employment Situation report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

Total U.S. Jobs +313,000 in February; Construction and Manufacturing Combine for +92,000 Graphic

A monthly net increase in jobs of +170,000 is acceptable; +200,000 is good; +300,000 is outstanding. February’s number was +313,000. (The last time a better result was achieved occurred in July 2016, at +325,000 jobs.)

The average jobs increase in the first two months of this year has been +20% compared with the average for January-February of last year, +276,000 over +230,000.

Because more people returned to the labor force and the participation rate climbed from 62.7% to 63.0% between January and February, the unemployment rate stayed at 4.1%. The jobless rate has been 4.1% for the past five months in a row, dating back to October 2017.

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