1,000-Word Charts: U.S. Retail Sales
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Multiple Layers to the Inflation Watch Story
There are two major questions overhanging the economies of the U.S. and Canada....
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High inflation raises risk of higher interest rates
Given that the Canadian and United States economies are joined at the hip, it is...
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Economic Heavy Lifting by U.S. & Canadian Homebuilders
Texas is in a League of its Own Through the first half of 2021, the monthly a...
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1,000-Word Charts: U.S. and Canada’s Foreign Trade – May 2021
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Top 10 largest construction project starts in Canada and Trend Graph – June 2021
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1,000-Word Chart: U.S. Initial Jobless Claims – as of July 17, 2021
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PPI Measures of Construction Material Costs are Still Shouting Warnings
This article focuses on the latest U.S. building material cost increases as laid...
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1,000-Word Chart: U.S. Initial Jobless Claims – as of July 10, 2021
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10 Mid-July Economic Nuggets
Much is continuing to happen on the economic front. Let’s dig right in wi...
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Big, But Also Odd, Jobs Gain for Canada in June
In June, Canada added nearly a quarter of a million net new jobs, according to...
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Labour shortages + high material costs + strong demand = more pressure on house prices
This snapshot focuses on the persisting impact of the post-pandemic surge of res...
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U.S. Industry Snapshot – June’s Nonresidential Construction Starts +14% M/M, But -11% YTD
ConstructConnect announced today that June 2021's volume of construction starts,...
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Top 10 major upcoming Alberta and British Columbia construction projects – Canada – July 2021
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Top 10 major upcoming entertainment facility and stadium-arena construction projects – U.S. – July 2021
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What are the Stock Markets Saying? Investor Confidence is Riding High
Investment in the private sector, of which construction activity is a key compon...
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Exiting the Pandemic, Where the Jobs Are
This article consists of seven cluster charts of four graphs each, showing mont...
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Construction Left Out of June’s U.S. Big Jobs Advance
June was an excellent month for overall net jobs creation in the U.S., accordin...
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1,000-Word Chart: U.S. Initial Jobless Claims – as of June 26, 2021
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Canada No Slouch when it comes to Construction Material Cost Hikes
In recent weeks, I’ve written several articles dealing with U.S. outsized constr...
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1,000-Word Charts: Retail Sales in the U.S. and Canada
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An Unusual Economy – Two Stunning Charts, Plus a Bonus Chart
Bar and Restaurant Sales Recovery I don’t know why this hasn’t re...
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1,000-Word Charts: Inflation in the U.S. and Canada – May 2021
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Quarterly U.S. Put-in-Place Forecast Report, Summer 2021
Coming out of the pandemic, the U.S. economy is primed to ‘roar’, with GDP growt...
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Quebec is firing on all cylinders approaching 2022
It appears there’s now an answer to the question posed in Snapshot #12, dated Ju...
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Top 10 largest construction project starts in Canada and Trend Graph – May 2021
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Latest U.S. and Canadian Housing Starts in 10 Graphs
The ten graphs in this article update the latest housing starts information for...
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1,000-Word Charts: Canada’s Foreign Trade
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1,000-Word Charts: U.S. Oil Imports
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ConstructConnect’s ‘Expansion Index’ Captures Construction Hesitancy
ConstructConnect’s Expansion Index ties to the inventory of all the projects the...
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1,000-Word Chart: U.S. Initial Jobless Claims – as of June 12, 2021
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Latest PPI Results Show Construction Material Cost Increases Still Alarming
The most accessible single-source resource on construction material price moveme...