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Alex Carrick
This isn’t a hard point to make. A great deal of emphasis in coming years will b...
U.S. Industry Snapshot – September’s Nonresidential Construction Starts +13% M/M, +31% Y/Y & -2% YTD
Alex Carrick
ConstructConnect announced today that September 2021's volume of construction st...
John Clinkard
The sustained decline in the number of active COVID-19 cases in Toronto since mi...
Alex Carrick
There are two big stories from the September Jobs reports just released for the...
Alex Carrick
Graph 2 at the end of this article shows that the gap between high year-over-ye...
Alex Carrick
For the first time in nearly a year, the four major stock market indices featur...
Alex Carrick
U.S. Housing Starts Stay Elevated Construction activity in the U.S. is curren...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
Alex Carrick
Two of the major themes that will be governing U.S. construction activity as th...
John Clinkard
With many of the negative economic impacts of COVID-19 finally receding, surging...
ConstructConnect Project Research
The accompanying table records the 10 largest construction project starts in Can...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
Alex Carrick
It would be comforting to think the post-pandemic economic recovery will proceed...
Alex Carrick
ConstructConnect announced today that August 2021's volume of construction start...
ConstructConnect Project Research
The accompanying tables show the top 10 major upcoming educational and medical...
ConstructConnect Project Research
The accompanying tables show the top 10 major upcoming Midwest and Northwest co...
Alex Carrick
According to Statistics Canada, the Canadian total jobs count climbed by +90,000...
John Clinkard
The private sector bore the brunt of COVID-19’s first wave. Between February and...
Alex Carrick
U.S. Economy Stumbling Blocks A year and a half into the coronavirus health...
Alex Carrick
August’s Employment Situation report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics...
Alex Carrick
Canada’s foreign trade picture brightened considerably in June. The nation’s mer...
Alex Carrick
The latest (July 2021) U.S. put-in-place construction spending numbers from the...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
Alex Carrick
The headlines are no longer screaming about steeply climbing lumber prices. The...
John Clinkard
Against the ongoing headwind of COVID-19, Canada is attracting more internationa...
ConstructConnect Project Research
The accompanying table records the 10 largest construction project starts in Can...
Alex Carrick
The 14 graphs in this article set out how housing starts have been performing s...
Alex Carrick
The seven (potentially) standalone graphs in this article show how inflation,...
Alex Carrick
Top of mind for economic analysts these days is the question of how rapidly pri...
Alex Carrick
ConstructConnect announced today that July 2021's volume of construction starts,...
ConstructConnect Project Research
The accompanying tables show the top 10 major upcoming industrial and water tre...
ConstructConnect Project Research
The accompanying tables show the top 10 major upcoming medical and educationa...
Alex Carrick
As the U.S. and Canadian economies recover from horrific coronavirus-induced sl...
John Clinkard
Saskatchewan’s total COVID-19 case count per thousand population though mid-Augu...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy requir...
Alex Carrick
The U.S. ‘real’ (i.e., after factoring out inflation) gross domesti...
Alex Carrick
Two-Thirds of U.S. Jobs Gain from Two Sectors July was an excellent month for...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
Alex Carrick
There are two major questions overhanging the economies of the U.S. and Canada....
John Clinkard
Given that the Canadian and United States economies are joined at the hip, it is...
Alex Carrick
Texas is in a League of its Own Through the first half of 2021, the monthly a...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
ConstructConnect Project Research
The accompanying table records the 10 largest construction project starts in Can...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
Alex Carrick
This article focuses on the latest U.S. building material cost increases as laid...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
Alex Carrick
Much is continuing to happen on the economic front. Let’s dig right in wi...
Alex Carrick
In June, Canada added nearly a quarter of a million net new jobs, according to...
John Clinkard
This snapshot focuses on the persisting impact of the post-pandemic surge of res...
Alex Carrick
ConstructConnect announced today that June 2021's volume of construction starts,...
ConstructConnect Project Research
The accompanying tables shows the top 10 major upcoming Alberta and British C...
ConstructConnect Project Research
The accompanying tables show the top 10 major upcoming entertainment facility...
Alex Carrick
Investment in the private sector, of which construction activity is a key compon...
Alex Carrick
This article consists of seven cluster charts of four graphs each, showing mont...
Alex Carrick
June was an excellent month for overall net jobs creation in the U.S., accordin...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
Alex Carrick
In recent weeks, I’ve written several articles dealing with U.S. outsized constr...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
Alex Carrick
Bar and Restaurant Sales Recovery I don’t know why this hasn’t re...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
Alex Carrick
Coming out of the pandemic, the U.S. economy is primed to ‘roar’, with GDP growt...
John Clinkard
It appears there’s now an answer to the question posed in Snapshot #12, dated Ju...
ConstructConnect Project Research
The accompanying table records the 10 largest construction project starts in Can...
Alex Carrick
The ten graphs in this article update the latest housing starts information for...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
Alex Carrick
ConstructConnect’s Expansion Index ties to the inventory of all the projects the...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
Alex Carrick
The most accessible single-source resource on construction material price moveme...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
Alex Carrick
According to a monthly survey carried out for the Conference Board and The Busi...
Alex Carrick
ConstructConnect announced today that May 2021’s volume of construction starts,...
John Clinkard
Clearly there are lingering COVID-19 clouds overshadowing the global outlook. Th...
Alex Carrick
Canada’s Labour Market Hopes on Hold In May, for the second month in a row, tot...
Alex Carrick
North America’s major stock market indices generally ended May in fine fa...
Alex Carrick
Big Grin Greets Big Pickup in Youth Employment In any pre-pandemic month, May...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
ConstructConnect Project Research
The accompanying tables show the top 10 major upcoming Recreational and Retail,...
ConstructConnect Project Research
The accompanying tables show the top 10 major upcoming Northeast and Southeast...
Alex Carrick
The economic world is full of odd connections these days. A case in point is th...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
Alex Carrick
Initial Jobless Claims and UI on Right Track This article features a quick over...
ConstructConnect Project Research
The accompanying table records the 10 largest construction project starts in Can...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
John Clinkard
After posting double-digit percentage gains for the past eight consecutive years...
Alex Carick
When presenting housing starts for the U.S. and Canada, the Census Bureau and C...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
Alex Carrick
In this, the latest mid-month Nuggets report, I’ll focus on three major a...
Alex Carrick
An important story that’s emerging in what are hopefully the winding-down days o...
Alex Carrick
ConstructConnect announced today that April 2021’s volume of construction starts...
John Clinkard
With average house prices in the 10 provinces up by a minimum of +7% y/y (Newfou...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
Alex Carrick
Coronavirus Continues Negative Influence Canada suffered a disappointing setbac...
Alex Carrick
A Number to Embrace with Enthusiasm April’s Employment Situation report...
ConstructConnect Project Research
The accompanying tables show the top 10 largest upcoming Atlantic and Manitoba,...
ConstructConnect Project Research
The accompanying tables show the top 10 major upcoming Courthouse and Jail and...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
John Clinkard
Four key factors have caused the B.C. economy to outperform the country as a who...
Alex Carrick
The construction sector is presently generating several big news stories. One re...
ConstructConnect Project Research
The accompanying table records the 10 largest construction project starts in Can...
Alex Carrick
Global Stock Market Improvements Broadly Based, Finally On the world economic s...
ConstructConnect Project Research
The accompanying tables show the top 10 largest upcoming High-Rise Residential a...
ConstructConnect Project Research
The accompanying tables show the top 10 largest upcoming Residential and Transpo...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
Alex Carrick
This latest version of the mid-month Nuggets report, rather than proceeding in p...
John Clinkard
Precipitous drop in net migration After hitting a 30-year high of +1.5% in 2019...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
Alex Carrick
ConstructConnect announced today that March 2021’s volume of construction starts...
Alex Carrick
Canada Benefitting from ‘Lower Base Level’ Effect The U.S. &lsquo...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
Alex Carrick
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), U.S. total employment...
Alex Carrick
ConstructConnect-OE’s GDP Projections on the Mark Government statistica...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
Alex Carrick
Permits Still Exceeding Starts In the U.S., new home building, which seemed s...
Alex Carrick
You can probably learn more about what is happening in an economy by following...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
John Clinkard
‘Almost but not quite’ is the best way to describe how close the Nova Scotia eco...
ConstructConnect Project Research
The accompanying table records the 10 largest construction project starts in Can...
Alex Carrick
Input Cost Increases Migrate Beyond Lumber At the same time as the depth of t...
Alex Carrick
The U.S. ‘headline’ (i.e., for all job categories and seasonally ad...
Alex Carrick
February’s Labour Force Survey results just released by Statistics Canada...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
ConstructConnect Project Research
The accompanying table shows the top 10 major upcoming Hotel/Motel and Shopping...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
John Clinkard
The negative impact of COVID-19 on non-residential investment in 2020 was highli...
Alex Carrick
Housing & Share Price Wealth Advances For the past year, the news has b...
Alex Carrick
U.S. total employment in February rose by +379,000 jobs, according to the latest...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
Alex Carrick
Due to the blows to the economy last year from coronavirus impacts, undertaking...
Alex Carrick
In mid-March of last year, the consequences of coronavirus infections stopped be...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
ConstructConnect Project Research
The accompanying table records the 10 largest construction project starts in Can...
Alex Carrick
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
Alex Carrick
The ease with which the U.S. and Canadian economies recover from the coronavirus...
John Clinkard
Looking for a classic double whammy? Well, look no further than Alberta. The co...
Alex Carrick
Residential Permits Set Feverish Pace There are some exciting stories to tell a...
Alex Carrick
Soaring lumber and steel prices are all the talk in construction circles these d...
Alex Carrick
As I sit writing this Nuggets report, it’s just after Valentine’s Day and we’re...
ConstructConnect Project Research
The accompanying tables show the top 10 major upcoming Toronto, Ottawa, Montréa...
Alex Carrick
Salt Lake City at Head of U.S. Labor Market Class As someone often called on to...
Alex Carrick
U.S. Jobs Claw-Back Ratio Doesn’t Budge The U.S. economy in the kick-of...
Abby Samp
2020 snapshot US construction starts contracted 18.3% in 2020, the larges...
Alex Carrick
Stock Markets: Has all the Bubbly been Baked In? In January 2021, with the coro...
Alex Carrick
8 Different Measures of Inflation, U.S. & Canada One chief determinant of...
John Clinkard
With record new cases of COVID-19 leading the government to adopt measures to li...
Alex Carrick
Housing starts in the U.S. and Canada plunged during the several months of late...
ConstructConnect Project Research
The accompanying table records the 10 largest construction project starts in Can...
Alex Carrick
Key takeaways from the latest U.S. energy trade statistics are as follows:...
Alex Carrick
Looming largest as an indicator of how well the U.S. economy can perform in the...
John Clinkard
Reflecting the depressing impact of COVID-19 on the demand for office space in C...
Alex Carrick
December 2020’s total employment figure in the U.S. declined by -140,000...
ConstructConnect Project Research
The accompanying tables show the top 10 major upcoming Oil & Gas and Electr...
Journal of Commerce
In this week’s episode, Daily Commercial News and Journal of Commerce national m...
Alex Carrick
The U.S. economy may have been battered by the full-on return of the coronaviru...
John Clinkard
It would be difficult to imagine a series of horrific events that could match th...
ConstructConnect Project Research
The accompanying table records the 10 largest construction project starts in Can...
Alex Carrick
Beginning with a catalogue of woes (which I’ll quickly leave behind), U.S...
ConstructConnect Project Research
The accompanying tables show the top 10 largest upcoming Public Building and De...
John Clinkard
Despite having recorded only 340 COVID-19 cases between mid-March and early Dece...
Alex Carrick
In U.S., a Quarter Million More Jobs Doesn’t Cut It According to the Bur...