Somehow I missed this early but the FRED now has 96 disaggregated construction series. Let me show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.
Here is Total Construction Spending: Religious. That’s right people, I’ve got spending on churches.
Or how about this Total Public Construction Spending, Sewage and Waste Disposal
And here is Total Construction Spending, Conservation and Development. I am not even sure exactly what that is!. That’s how good this data set is.
And I still don’t even have that Excel thingy installed yet.
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Thursday ~ August 11th, 2011 at 12:11 pm
Joshua Probert
Tithing to the building fund supports jobs, the economy, the recovery and America!
Friday ~ August 12th, 2011 at 2:10 pm
Micah K
I would guess the fall in religious construction is explained by the growing tendency of converting commercial buildings to church uses rather than new construction. Especially with so many vacant buildings out there for a steal.
Friday ~ August 12th, 2011 at 9:34 pm
Bart
On the other hand, lightening strikes on southern churches are way down this year.