The U.S. Census Bureau announced that the value of total construction spending during October 2022 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,794.9 billion, 0.3 percent below the downward revised September estimate of $1,800.1 billion. The October figure is 9.2 percent above the October 2021 estimate of $1,644.3 billion. The month-over-month drop was particularly felt on the private sector side (down over $7 billion), while the public sector market saw increases, although the transportation segment has yet to see a burst of spending expected from the infrastructure bill passed a year ago. During the first ten months of this year, construction spending amounted to $1,507.8 billion, 10.8 percent above the $1,360.8 billion for the same period in 2021.  READ MORE HERE