{"version":"1","article":{"id":"us-construction-spending-august-2026","slug":"us-construction-spending-august-2026","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/us-construction-spending-august-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/us-construction-spending-august-2026?lang=en","title":"U.S. construction spending rose monthly but fell year over year in August","summary":"The Census Bureau estimated August spending at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $2,203.1 billion, up 0.9% monthly and down 1.7% annually.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":[],"published_at":"2026-10-04T13:00:06+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-04T13:00:06+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2026-08","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"U.S. Census Bureau","url":"https://www.census.gov/construction/c30/current/index.html","checkedAt":"2026-10-04","publishedAt":"2026-10-01"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/us-construction-spending-august-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/us-construction-spending-august-2026?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/us-construction-spending-august-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/us-construction-spending-august-2026?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/us-construction-spending-august-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/us-construction-spending-august-2026?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/us-construction-spending-august-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/us-construction-spending-august-2026?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/us-construction-spending-august-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/us-construction-spending-august-2026?lang=es"}],"data_types":["metrics"],"data":{"version":1,"blocks":[{"id":"august-2026-construction-spending","type":"metrics","title":{"tr":"Ağustos 2026 inşaat harcamaları değişimleri","en":"August 2026 construction spending changes","ar":"تغيرات الإنفاق على البناء في أغسطس 2026","fr":"Variations des dépenses de construction en août 2026","es":"Variaciones del gasto en construcción en agosto de 2026"},"description":{"tr":"Census Bureau inşaat faaliyeti değer tahminlerinin dönem karşılaştırmaları.","en":"Period comparisons from Census Bureau estimates of construction activity value.","ar":"مقارنات الفترات لتقديرات مكتب الإحصاء لقيمة نشاط البناء.","fr":"Comparaisons de périodes des estimations du Bureau du recensement sur la valeur de l’activité de construction.","es":"Comparaciones de periodos de las estimaciones de la Oficina del Censo sobre el valor de la actividad constructora."},"methodology":{"tr":"Aylık, yıllık ve yılbaşından ağustosa kümülatif değişimler kaynakta bildirilen yüzde değerleridir. Aylık değerler mevsimsel düzeltilmiş yıllıklandırılmış oranlara, sekiz aylık değer ise mevsimsel düzeltilmemiş cari dolar toplamlarına dayanır. Kaynak, cari ay tahminlerini öncü olarak niteler ve belirsizlik aralıkları verir.","en":"Monthly, year-over-year, and January-to-August cumulative changes are percentages reported by the source. Monthly values compare seasonally adjusted annual rates; the eight-month value compares unadjusted current-dollar totals. The source labels current-month estimates preliminary and publishes uncertainty ranges.","ar":"التغيرات الشهرية والسنوية والتراكمية من يناير إلى أغسطس هي نسب أوردها المصدر. وتقارن القيم الشهرية معدلات سنوية معدلة موسمياً، بينما تقارن قيمة الأشهر الثمانية إجماليات بالدولار الجاري غير المعدلة موسمياً. ويصف المصدر تقديرات الشهر الجاري بأنها أولية وينشر نطاقات لعدم اليقين.","fr":"Les variations mensuelles, annuelles et cumulées de janvier à août sont les pourcentages publiés par la source. Les données mensuelles comparent des rythmes annuels désaisonnalisés ; la valeur sur huit mois compare des totaux en dollars courants non désaisonnalisés. La source qualifie les estimations du mois courant de préliminaires et publie des marges d’incertitude.","es":"Las variaciones mensual, interanual y acumulada de enero a agosto son porcentajes publicados por la fuente. Los datos mensuales comparan tasas anuales desestacionalizadas; el valor de ocho meses compara totales en dólares corrientes sin ajuste estacional. La fuente califica las estimaciones del mes corriente como preliminares y publica márgenes de incertidumbre."},"items":[{"label":{"tr":"Toplam inşaat harcaması, aylık değişim","en":"Total construction spending, monthly change","ar":"تغير إجمالي الإنفاق على البناء شهرياً","fr":"Variation mensuelle des dépenses totales de construction","es":"Variación mensual del gasto total en construcción"},"value":0.9,"unit":"percent","period":"2026-08","basis":"estimate","measure":{"id":"us-construction-spending-total-monthly-change","unitCode":"percent","geography":"united-states","frequency":"monthly","aggregation":"change","periodRole":"reference-period"}},{"label":{"tr":"Toplam inşaat harcaması, yıllık değişim","en":"Total construction spending, year-over-year change","ar":"تغير إجمالي الإنفاق على البناء سنوياً","fr":"Variation annuelle des dépenses totales de construction","es":"Variación interanual del gasto total en construcción"},"value":-1.7,"unit":"percent","period":"2026-08","basis":"estimate","measure":{"id":"us-construction-spending-total-yoy-change","unitCode":"percent","geography":"united-states","frequency":"monthly","aggregation":"change","periodRole":"reference-period"}},{"label":{"tr":"Ocak–Ağustos toplam harcama, yıllık değişim","en":"January–August spending, year-over-year change","ar":"تغير الإنفاق التراكمي من يناير إلى أغسطس سنوياً","fr":"Variation annuelle des dépenses cumulées de janvier à août","es":"Variación interanual del gasto acumulado de enero a agosto"},"value":-3.1,"unit":"percent","period":"2026-08","basis":"estimate","measure":{"id":"us-construction-spending-ytd-yoy-change","unitCode":"percent","geography":"united-states","frequency":"monthly","aggregation":"change","periodRole":"reference-period"},"periodStart":"2026-01"},{"label":{"tr":"Özel inşaat harcaması, aylık değişim","en":"Private construction spending, monthly change","ar":"تغير الإنفاق الخاص على البناء شهرياً","fr":"Variation mensuelle de la construction privée","es":"Variación mensual de la construcción privada"},"value":1.1,"unit":"percent","period":"2026-08","basis":"estimate","measure":{"id":"us-construction-spending-private-monthly-change","unitCode":"percent","geography":"united-states","frequency":"monthly","aggregation":"change","periodRole":"reference-period"}},{"label":{"tr":"Konut inşaatı, aylık değişim","en":"Residential construction, monthly change","ar":"تغير البناء السكني شهرياً","fr":"Variation mensuelle de la construction résidentielle","es":"Variación mensual de la construcción residencial"},"value":1.1,"unit":"percent","period":"2026-08","basis":"estimate","measure":{"id":"us-construction-residential-monthly-change","unitCode":"percent","geography":"united-states","frequency":"monthly","aggregation":"change","periodRole":"reference-period"}},{"label":{"tr":"Konut dışı inşaat, aylık değişim","en":"Nonresidential construction, monthly change","ar":"تغير البناء غير السكني شهرياً","fr":"Variation mensuelle de la construction non résidentielle","es":"Variación mensual de la construcción no residencial"},"value":1,"unit":"percent","period":"2026-08","basis":"estimate","measure":{"id":"us-construction-nonresidential-monthly-change","unitCode":"percent","geography":"united-states","frequency":"monthly","aggregation":"change","periodRole":"reference-period"}},{"label":{"tr":"Kamu inşaatı, aylık değişim","en":"Public construction, monthly change","ar":"تغير البناء العام شهرياً","fr":"Variation mensuelle de la construction publique","es":"Variación mensual de la construcción pública"},"value":0.2,"unit":"percent","period":"2026-08","basis":"estimate","measure":{"id":"us-construction-public-monthly-change","unitCode":"percent","geography":"united-states","frequency":"monthly","aggregation":"change","periodRole":"reference-period"}}],"sourceUrls":["https://www.census.gov/construction/c30/current/index.html"],"updatedAt":"2026-10-03T23:12:17Z"}]},"data_compilations":[{"id":"august-2026-construction-spending","creator":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://haberpaper.com/#organization","name":"Haber Paper","url":"https://haberpaper.com/"},"license":{"@type":"CreativeWork","@id":"https://haberpaper.com/en/data-terms/v1#license","name":"Haber Paper Original Data Compilation License 1.0","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/data-terms/v1"},"rights_scope":"Haber Paper original data arrangement, labels and methodology notes only; 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The agency said this was 0.9% above the revised July estimate and 1.7% below August 2025. An annual rate expresses the month’s measured pace as if it continued for a full year; it does not mean that this amount was actually spent during August. The report covers construction work on new structures and improvements to existing ones, combining private and public activity. Its headline is therefore a value-of-work estimate rather than a count of projects or completed buildings.","The monthly increase needs to be read alongside the longer year-to-date comparison. From January through August 2026, construction spending totaled $1,450.4 billion in unadjusted current dollars, compared with $1,496.6 billion during the same eight months of 2025. The Bureau reported that as a 3.1% decline. This cumulative comparison is calculated differently from the seasonally adjusted annual rate for August. One adds unadjusted amounts over eight months; the other annualizes a seasonally adjusted estimate for one month. They answer different questions and should not be substituted for one another. Nor does the year-to-date figure isolate the effect of construction prices from changes in the amount of work performed.","Private construction was estimated at an annual rate of $1,655.3 billion in August, 1.1% higher than the revised July figure. Residential construction accounted for $882.3 billion, up 1.1% from July, while nonresidential construction was $773.0 billion, up 1.0%. These are components of the private total and should not be added to that total again when interpreting the overall estimate. The dollar values estimate construction work put in place; they do not directly count buildings completed, homes sold, or changes in construction input costs. Those subjects require separate data series and definitions. The release does not claim that each component’s monthly movement will persist in later months.","Public construction spending was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $547.8 billion, 0.2% above the revised July estimate. Educational construction stood at $113.1 billion, a 0.1% increase, and highway construction was $150.6 billion, also up 0.1%. Public and private spending together make up the total construction estimate. Where reported changes are small, the Bureau also publishes sampling and estimation uncertainty ranges for relevant comparisons. A small point-estimate movement should consequently be interpreted in light of that uncertainty, rather than treated automatically as a broad or definitive change in activity. Public categories are also components, not additional amounts to be stacked on top of the public total.","The Census Bureau describes current-month estimates as preliminary; later monthly releases can revise them as additional information is incorporated. The 0.9% monthly increase in the total came with a published uncertainty range of plus or minus 1.0 percentage point, which spans zero. It should not be characterized as a statistically clear increase. Residential construction’s 1.1% monthly gain also had an uncertainty range of plus or minus 1.3 points. In addition, the reported dollar amounts are nominal current dollars and do not remove price-level changes. This article reports the source’s measures, periods, and caveats. It does not use one release to forecast construction demand, employment, interest-rate decisions, or the direction of future activity."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"The Census Bureau estimated August spending at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $2,203.1 billion, up 0.9% monthly and down 1.7% annually.\n\nThe U.S. Census Bureau’s estimate of construction spending for August 2026, released on October 1, put activity at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $2,203.1 billion. The agency said this was 0.9% above the revised July estimate and 1.7% below August 2025. An annual rate expresses the month’s measured pace as if it continued for a full year; it does not mean that this amount was actually spent during August. The report covers construction work on new structures and improvements to existing ones, combining private and public activity. Its headline is therefore a value-of-work estimate rather than a count of projects or completed buildings.\n\nThe monthly increase needs to be read alongside the longer year-to-date comparison. From January through August 2026, construction spending totaled $1,450.4 billion in unadjusted current dollars, compared with $1,496.6 billion during the same eight months of 2025. The Bureau reported that as a 3.1% decline. This cumulative comparison is calculated differently from the seasonally adjusted annual rate for August. One adds unadjusted amounts over eight months; the other annualizes a seasonally adjusted estimate for one month. They answer different questions and should not be substituted for one another. Nor does the year-to-date figure isolate the effect of construction prices from changes in the amount of work performed.\n\nPrivate construction was estimated at an annual rate of $1,655.3 billion in August, 1.1% higher than the revised July figure. Residential construction accounted for $882.3 billion, up 1.1% from July, while nonresidential construction was $773.0 billion, up 1.0%. These are components of the private total and should not be added to that total again when interpreting the overall estimate. The dollar values estimate construction work put in place; they do not directly count buildings completed, homes sold, or changes in construction input costs. Those subjects require separate data series and definitions. The release does not claim that each component’s monthly movement will persist in later months.\n\nPublic construction spending was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $547.8 billion, 0.2% above the revised July estimate. Educational construction stood at $113.1 billion, a 0.1% increase, and highway construction was $150.6 billion, also up 0.1%. Public and private spending together make up the total construction estimate. Where reported changes are small, the Bureau also publishes sampling and estimation uncertainty ranges for relevant comparisons. A small point-estimate movement should consequently be interpreted in light of that uncertainty, rather than treated automatically as a broad or definitive change in activity. Public categories are also components, not additional amounts to be stacked on top of the public total.\n\nThe Census Bureau describes current-month estimates as preliminary; later monthly releases can revise them as additional information is incorporated. The 0.9% monthly increase in the total came with a published uncertainty range of plus or minus 1.0 percentage point, which spans zero. It should not be characterized as a statistically clear increase. Residential construction’s 1.1% monthly gain also had an uncertainty range of plus or minus 1.3 points. In addition, the reported dollar amounts are nominal current dollars and do not remove price-level changes. This article reports the source’s measures, periods, and caveats. It does not use one release to forecast construction demand, employment, interest-rate decisions, or the direction of future activity.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"economy","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/economy-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic trading harbour with a cargo ship, containers and a bridge.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"economy","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/economy-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic trading harbour with a cargo ship, containers and a bridge.","language":"en"}}}