Chart 2
Value of building permits for the residential and non-residential sectors

billions of dollars 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 Aug. 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Aug. 2019 Residential, seasonally adjustedResidential, seasonally adjusted Residential, trend-cycleResidential, trend-cycle Non-residential, seasonally adjustedNon-residential, seasonally adjusted Non-residential, trend-cycleNon-residential, trend-cycle
Note(s):
The higher variability associated with the trend-cycle estimates is indicated with a dotted line on the chart for the current reference month and the three previous months. For more information, see the note to readers.
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Value of building permits for the residential and non-residential sectors, billions of dollars
  Residential, seasonally adjusted Residential, trend-cycle Non-residential, seasonally adjusted Non-residential, trend-cycle
August 2014 4.128 4.310 2.475 2.891
September 2014 4.407 4.343 2.995 2.845
October 2014 4.290 4.348 2.747 2.762
November 2014 4.459 4.361 2.583 2.690
December 2014 4.432 4.349 2.722 2.629
January 2015 4.123 4.345 2.693 2.630
February 2015 4.344 4.379 2.323 2.638
March 2015 4.538 4.416 2.630 2.642
April 2015 4.591 4.454 2.911 2.680
May 2015 4.123 4.496 2.776 2.701
June 2015 4.650 4.541 2.742 2.694
July 2015 4.763 4.565 2.382 2.687
August 2015 4.671 4.555 2.730 2.675
September 2015 4.251 4.478 2.813 2.657
October 2015 4.698 4.414 2.740 2.644
November 2015 4.050 4.342 2.481 2.625
December 2015 4.548 4.293 2.569 2.644
January 2016 3.965 4.261 2.447 2.643
February 2016 4.104 4.288 3.020 2.629
March 2016 4.367 4.318 2.479 2.623
April 2016 4.759 4.336 2.740 2.612
May 2016 4.338 4.382 2.588 2.569
June 2016 4.178 4.450 2.262 2.559
July 2016 4.243 4.564 2.587 2.539
August 2016 4.619 4.713 2.980 2.527
September 2016 4.874 4.875 2.235 2.522
October 2016 5.742 5.018 2.423 2.506
November 2016 5.221 5.054 2.620 2.521
December 2016 4.731 5.030 2.381 2.545
January 2017 4.844 4.985 2.618 2.587
February 2017 5.073 4.939 2.566 2.674
March 2017 4.815 4.921 2.778 2.783
April 2017 4.510 4.929 2.905 2.868
May 2017 5.222 5.005 3.010 2.976
June 2017 5.193 5.047 3.325 3.058
July 2017 5.044 5.034 3.136 3.094
August 2017 5.090 5.008 2.752 3.123
September 2017 4.929 4.994 3.259 3.127
October 2017 5.080 4.998 3.405 3.114
November 2017 4.934 4.998 2.901 3.075
December 2017 4.958 5.066 2.910 3.013
January 2018 5.324 5.155 3.166 2.971
February 2018 5.348 5.242 3.051 3.001
March 2018 5.257 5.296 3.006 2.952
April 2018 5.116 5.312 2.772 2.941
May 2018 5.520 5.327 2.874 2.957
June 2018 5.456 5.291 3.044 2.965
July 2018 5.289 5.225 2.998 3.014
August 2018 4.962 5.181 3.106 3.069
September 2018 4.990 5.161 3.180 3.105
October 2018 5.243 5.117 2.942 3.147
November 2018 5.083 5.118 3.215 3.184
December 2018 5.254 5.144 3.577 3.218
January 2019 5.329 5.143 2.989 3.236
February 2019 4.859 5.148 3.055 3.259
March 2019 4.729 5.169 3.426 3.286
April 2019 6.002 5.218 3.475 3.307
May 2019 5.061 5.236 3.300 3.294
June 2019 5.024 5.268 3.162 3.277
July 2019 5.145 5.296 3.307 3.282
August 2019 5.748 5.390 3.217 3.260
Note(s):
The higher variability associated with the trend-cycle estimates is indicated with a dotted line on the chart for the current reference month and the three previous months. For more information, see the note to readers.
Source(s):
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