US Total Construction Spending
US Total Construction Spending is the value of construction put in place, reported as Millions of Dollars.
2203129.00
Millions of Dollars
US Total Construction Spending — latest reading: 2203129.00 millions of dollars. As of August 2026, it is down 1.7% over the past 12 months, well above its 10-year average. Source: TTLCONS, US Census Bureau, published monthly. Reported as published, without transformation; the publisher may revise it. Higher than all but 23 of 404 readings since 1993-01-01. Last at or above this level on 2025-12-01.
Min
458080.00
Max
2265811.00
Average
1123126.47
10Y Percentile
81%
3M Change
+1.6%
US Total Construction Spending (TTLCONS) — 404 observations from 1993-01-01 to 2026-08-01. Source: FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Red shading indicates NBER recession periods.
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Next scheduled release: Mon, Nov 2 (Construction Spending, per the FRED release calendar — scheduled dates can move).
How these numbers changed
Every figure above is the current one. These are the same periods as first published — what US Total Construction Spending said on the day, before it was restated. Measured in Millions of Dollars.
| Period | First print | Now | Change | Republished |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | 2157581 | 2184474 | +26893 | 1× |
| Jun 2026 | 2166539 | 2187350 | +20811 | 2× |
| May 2026 | 2210214 | 2168396 | -41818 | 2× |
| Apr 2026 | 2172397 | 2168231 | -4166 | 2× |
| Mar 2026 | 2185455 | 2199399 | +13944 | 2× |
| Feb 2026 | 2173193 | 2189683 | +16490 | 2× |
| Jan 2026 | 2190424 | 2195636 | +5212 | 2× |
| Dec 2025 | 2168775 | 2215955 | +47180 | 3× |
| Nov 2025 | 2163119 | 2220726 | +57607 | 2× |
| Oct 2025 | 2175239 | 2241141 | +65902 | 2× |
| Sep 2025 | 2164348 | 2245799 | +81451 | 2× |
US Total Construction Spending for July 2026 first printed at 2157581 on September 1, 2026, was revised once, and now reads up to 2184474. Recompute any row from FRED's own vintage archive.
Macro Regime Context
The growth regime is currently late cycle (71% confidence).
See what this means across all four regime dimensions →3-Month
+1.6%
6-Month
+0.6%
12-Month
-1.7%
What this means
US Total Construction Spending is currently at 2203129.00 millions of dollars, which is well above its 10-year historical average. The trend is increasing (+1.6% over the past 3 months).
Over the past 6 months the change is +0.6%, and over 12 months it is -1.7%. The short-term pace is consistent with the longer trend.
Cite this page
MacroRadar, "US Total Construction Spending," https://www.macroradar.io/us-total-construction-spending (as of August 2026).