Seasonally adjusted construction spending increased by 0.8% in April after rising by 0.4% in March.

按照季度调整计算，3月份时建筑业消费增长了0.4%，4月份则增长了0.8%。

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In October alone private residential-construction spending fell by 1.9%; it was 9.4% lower than a year before.

10月份，私人住宅建设支出环比下降1.9%，比一年前下降了9.4%。

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Although employment in the building industry has fallen by over 20,000 in each of the past two months, the drops are modest compared with the collapse in construction spending.

虽然建筑行业的就业人数在过去的两个月中，每月下降超过2万人，比起建筑投入的大幅消减，这一降幅算是十分温和了。

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U.S.incomes edged slightly higher, and construction spending was also up.

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Perhaps the most important factor in the report was the 48, 000 increase in construction spending.

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