Total Construction spending during January 2010 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $884.1 billion, 0.6 percent below the revised December estimate of $889.6 billion. The January figure is 9.3 percent below the January 2009 estimate of $974.3 billion. Spending has declined in 21 of the last 25 months. This is the third straight month of contraction and the lowest level since June 2003.
 
Source: CNNMoney.com

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