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Construction Spending Ticked Down 0.6% in July

Construction Spending Ticked Down 0.6% in July

Washington, DC, September 1, 2017—Construction spending during July 2017 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,211.5 billion, 0.6% below the revised June estimate of $1,219.2 billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Purchasing Managers' Index Records Increase in August

Purchasing Managers' Index Records Increase in August

Tempe, AZ, September 1, 2017—The August Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) registered 58.8%, an increase of 2.5 percentage points from the July reading of 56.3%, according to the latest Manufacturing ISM Report On Business.

Pending Home Sales Fall 0.8% in July

Pending Home Sales Fall 0.8% in July

Washington, DC, August 31, 2017—The Pending Home Sales Index decreased 0.8% to 109.1 in July from a downwardly revised 110.0 in June, according to the National Association of Realtors.

CARE Partner Planet Recycling Wins Bow & Arrow Award

CARE Partner Planet Recycling Wins Bow & Arrow Award

Dalton, GA, August 31, 2017—CARE grantee and recycling partner Planet Recycling (Chula Vista) has been awarded the 2017 Bow & Arrow Award for Coalition Building, presented by the California Product Stewardship Council (CPSC.)

Architect Elisa Valero Ramos to Present at Cersaie

Architect Elisa Valero Ramos to Present at Cersaie

Bologna, SP, August 31, 2017—Spanish architect Elisa Valero Ramos will be one of the guests in the Cersaie 2017 “building, dwelling, thinking” cultural program and will speak at a conference to be held at 10:30 a.m. on September 28 in the Architecture Gallery (Gallery 21/22).