Construction spending during January 2022 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,677.2 billion, 1.3 percent above the upwardly revised December estimate of $1,655.8 billion. The January figure is 8.2 percent above the January 2021 estimate of $1,549.8 billion. [NOTE: During the early part of this year, comparisons against early 2021 figures may be greatly affected by the inflationary growth that took hold in mid-late 2021].  READ MORE HERE