Top 10 largest construction project starts in Canada and Trend Graph – April 2023
There are several reasons for highlighting upcoming large projects. Such jobs ha...
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Top 10 major upcoming Courthouse and Jail and Prison construction projects – U.S. – May 2023
The accompanying tables show the top 10 major upcoming Courthouse and Jail and P...
Economic , US News
Top 10 major upcoming Atlantic and Manitoba, Saskatchewan construction projects – Canada – May 2023
The accompanying tables show the top 10 largest upcoming Atlantic and Manitoba,...
Economic
Headwinds Have Not Yet Stalled Nova Scotia’s Economy
The near-term outlook for the Nova Scotia economy is similar to what it was a ye...
Economic
Canada’s April Jobs Report Reinforces the Prospect of a Waiting Game
Similar to what has been occurring in the United States, labour market condition...
Economic
Top 10 largest construction project starts in Canada and Trend Graph – March 2023
There are several reasons for highlighting upcoming large projects. Such jobs ha...
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An Inconsistent Narrative on the U.S. Labor Market in April’s Jobs Report
Once again, there was no dramatically negative change in the U.S. labor market s...
Economic
What’s That You Say? There’s a Bull Stock Market Underway!
What’s that you say? There’s a ‘bull’ stock market underway! Yes, indeed, and it...
Economic
Megas Not a One Trick Pony
Much of my work-related conversation over the past year-plus has concerned the p...
Economic
High Office Vacancy Rates Dim Office Construction Outlook
Driven by a 600,000 square foot increase in new office space, a 4.0 million squa...
Economic
Top 10 major upcoming Residential and Transportation Terminal construction projects – U.S. – April 2023
The accompanying tables show the top 10 largest upcoming Residential and Transpo...
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Top 10 major upcoming High-Rise Residential and Transportation construction projects – Canada – April 2023
The accompanying tables show the top 10 largest upcoming High-Rise Residential a...
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Ontario’s Recession – Cancelled or Just Postponed?
While some forward-looking indicators of economic activity in Ontario are flashi...
Economic
Have Stock Markets Moved Past Worrying about the Economy?
During March just passed, the DJI 30 index moved +1.9%; the S&P 500, +3.5%;...
Economic
The Carbon Emissions Reduction Challenge for Building Product Manufacturers (BPMs)
There’s a shorthand way of looking at some of the key implications for the const...
Economic , Uncategorized
Easing of Construction Material Costs in Canada not as Clear Cut as in U.S.
As a companion piece to ConstructConnect’s recent article on movements in U.S. c...
Economic
Only Some Construction Material Costs Easing, Others Elevated and Sticky
In 2021 and continuing into early 2022, construction material costs, with the pa...
Economic
Three Factors Cloud Outlook for Canadian Non-res Capital Spending
Upward revisions to resource investment in 2022 Statistics Canada’s latest (202...
Economic
4 End-of-March Economic Nuggets: Inflation vs Wages vs Retail Sales
Where are we on the recession watch? In a nutshell, the flow of events is confus...
Economic
Top 10 largest construction project starts in Canada and Trend Graph – February 2023
There are several reasons for highlighting upcoming large projects. Such jobs ha...
Economic
Fed Chooses Middle Path, Hikes Rate Target 25 BPS
Today, the Federal Reserve has chosen the middle path in raising its policy-sett...
Economic
The Construction Activity Arising from Canadian Resource Development & Exports
Much of Canadian construction activity ties to extraction (or harvesting) of the...
Economic
Top 10 major upcoming Hotel/Motel and Retail/Shopping Centre construction projects – U.S. – March 2023
The accompanying tables show the top 10 largest upcoming Hotel/Motel and Retail/...
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Top 10 major upcoming Hotel/Motel and Shopping Centre construction projects – Canada – March 2023
The accompanying table shows the top 10 major upcoming Hotel/Motel and Shopping...
Economic
Toronto’s Record Population Increase will Push Home Prices Higher
According to Statistics Canada’s recently released population data for sub-provi...
Economic
A Humdrum U.S. February Jobs Report but a Shock from JOLTS
At +311,000, the U.S. number on net jobs creation in February, as calculated by...
Economic
Top 10 major upcoming Toronto, Ottawa, Montréal and Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton construction projects – Canada – February 2023
The accompanying tables show the top 10 major upcoming Toronto, Ottawa, Montréal...
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A Profound Multiples vs Singles Change in the U.S. Home Building Market
Since the Spring of last year, monthly total U.S. housing starts (annualized) ha...
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Above Target Inflation to keep Pressure on Interest Rates into H2
Global inflation may be cooling, but it’s not cold From a global perspective, i...
Economic
Top 10 largest construction project starts in Canada and Trend Graph – January 2023
The accompanying table records the 10 largest construction project starts in Can...
Economic , Projects
Inflation, Recession and Construction in Game of Musical Chairs
The dreaded and ballyhooed recession remains at bay for the moment. In fact, muc...
Economic
U.S. and Canadian 2022 Construction Overviews
2022 snapshot US construction starts grew 16.7% in 2022 to $912 billion. A re...