{"id":433064,"date":"2026-07-01T21:02:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T14:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/us-construction-spending-for-may-0-1-versus-0-1-expected-433064\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T21:02:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T14:02:26","slug":"us-construction-spending-for-may-0-1-versus-0-1-expected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/us-construction-spending-for-may-0-1-versus-0-1-expected-433064\/","title":{"rendered":"US construction spending for May 0.1% versus 0.1% expected"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Prior month 0.4% revised lower to 0.3% <\/li>\n<li>Construction spending for the month of May 0.1%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-section-id=\"1oz292b\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"39\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\">US Construction Spending (May 2026)<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"41\" data-end=\"329\">\n<li data-section-id=\"15gdnsa\" data-start=\"41\" data-end=\"329\">\nTotal construction spending: $2.210 trillion annualized<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"109\" data-end=\"329\">\n<li data-section-id=\"1afnvod\" data-start=\"109\" data-end=\"163\">\n+0.1% m\/m (vs. revised $2.207 trillion in April)\n<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"149ndjp\" data-start=\"166\" data-end=\"215\">\n-1.5% y\/y (vs. $2.244 trillion in May 2025)\n<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"125lemj\" data-start=\"218\" data-end=\"329\">\nYear-to-date (Jan\u2013May): $858.4 billion, -2.7% from $882.2 billion in the same period of 2025.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-section-id=\"160mb12\" data-start=\"331\" data-end=\"355\">Private Construction<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"357\" data-end=\"688\">\n<li data-section-id=\"1mec041\" data-start=\"357\" data-end=\"485\">\nTotal private construction: $1.669 trillion annualized<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"424\" data-end=\"485\">\n<li data-section-id=\"4yl5w0\" data-start=\"424\" data-end=\"485\">\nVirtually unchanged m\/m (vs. $1.6685 trillion in April)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1ukab7c\" data-start=\"487\" data-end=\"585\">\nResidential construction: $930.2 billion<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"540\" data-end=\"585\">\n<li data-section-id=\"apj56z\" data-start=\"540\" data-end=\"585\">\n+0.3% m\/m (vs. $927.1 billion in April)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"8v6z26\" data-start=\"587\" data-end=\"688\">\nNonresidential construction: $738.7 billion<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"643\" data-end=\"688\">\n<li data-section-id=\"vu81xd\" data-start=\"643\" data-end=\"688\">\n-0.3% m\/m (vs. $741.3 billion in April)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-section-id=\"o0gwnu\" data-start=\"690\" data-end=\"713\">Public Construction<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"715\" data-end=\"1010\">\n<li data-section-id=\"neb1c0\" data-start=\"715\" data-end=\"814\">\nTotal public construction: $541.2 billion<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"769\" data-end=\"814\">\n<li data-section-id=\"12t7nu0\" data-start=\"769\" data-end=\"814\">\n+0.5% m\/m (vs. $538.6 billion in April)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"l60l0g\" data-start=\"816\" data-end=\"914\">\nEducational construction: $113.4 billion<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"869\" data-end=\"914\">\n<li data-section-id=\"1m9sr9l\" data-start=\"869\" data-end=\"914\">\n+0.6% m\/m (vs. $112.8 billion in April)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"18pclpf\" data-start=\"916\" data-end=\"1010\">\nHighway construction: $150.6 billion<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"965\" data-end=\"1010\">\n<li data-section-id=\"1ly4y3t\" data-start=\"965\" data-end=\"1010\">\n+0.6% m\/m (vs. $149.6 billion in April)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-section-id=\"ieuezb\" data-start=\"1012\" data-end=\"1029\">Key Takeaways<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1031\" data-end=\"1490\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\n<li data-section-id=\"oshoh9\" data-start=\"1031\" data-end=\"1117\">\nOverall construction spending was essentially flat in May, rising just 0.1%.\n<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1lamj33\" data-start=\"1118\" data-end=\"1225\">Residential construction posted a modest gain, while private nonresidential spending edged lower.\n<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1dr6hag\" data-start=\"1226\" data-end=\"1324\">Public construction outperformed, with gains in both education and highway projects.\n<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"ukenad\" data-start=\"1325\" data-end=\"1490\" data-is-last-node=\"\">\nDespite the monthly increase, total construction spending remains below year-ago levels, with year-to-date spending down 2.7% from the same period in 2025.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>                            This article was written by Greg Michalowski at investinglive.com.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prior month 0.4% revised lower to 0.3% Construction spending for the month of May 0.1% US Construction Spending (May 2026) Total construction spending: $2.210 trillion annualized +0.1% m\/m (vs. revised $2.207 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