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New Construction Cost Indexes: April 2008

New Construction Cost Indexes: April 2008

New Construction Indexes Year Over Year Change:
December 2003 = 100 Apr
2008
Mar
2008
Percent
Change
Apr
2007
Percent
Change
Commercial and Institutional 118.0 117.5 0.5% 113.5 4.0%
Manufacturing and Industrial 118.5 117.9 0.5% 113.8 4.2%
Residential 117.5 117.2 0.3% 114.5 2.6%
Index Components*
Construction labor 112.5 112.3 0.2% 108.1 4.0%
Architectural & engineering services 112.1 111.7 0.3% 111.5 0.5%
Retail trade 136.2 134.3 1.4% 130.5 4.4%
Wholesale trade 114.6 115.1 -0.4% 112.0 2.3%
Fabricated structural metal manufacturing 149.6 143.2 4.5% 134.3 11.4%
Other Indexes
CPI-Urban Consumers, All Items 116.6 115.9 0.6% 112.1 3.9%
*Five heavily weighted index components are shown.
Sources: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Department of Labor, and Whitestone Research.
Note: Index values for recent data are preliminary.
 
 
 
 
Other Indexes
Non-Residential Operation Cost Index
Residential Cost Index