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 7.0 7.5 Jan. 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Jan. 2021 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
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 4.859 4.992 2.635 2.574
February 2017 5.096 4.940 2.574 2.669
March 2017 4.884 4.910 2.777 2.788
April 2017 4.547 4.900 2.840 2.883
May 2017 5.161 4.960 3.044 2.998
June 2017 5.160 5.006 3.352 3.084
July 2017 5.005 5.009 3.094 3.111
August 2017 4.985 5.002 2.804 3.128
September 2017 4.923 5.016 3.282 3.134
October 2017 5.117 5.038 3.405 3.124
November 2017 4.970 5.054 2.925 3.083
December 2017 4.986 5.114 2.833 3.031
January 2018 5.266 5.195 3.181 3.004
February 2018 5.362 5.280 3.048 2.959
March 2018 5.359 5.325 2.896 2.902
April 2018 5.241 5.324 2.697 2.891
May 2018 5.435 5.310 2.845 2.916
June 2018 5.412 5.250 3.019 2.946
July 2018 5.246 5.175 2.972 3.012
August 2018 4.728 5.129 3.157 3.089
September 2018 5.012 5.130 3.228 3.144
October 2018 5.263 5.115 3.001 3.198
November 2018 5.229 5.143 3.306 3.243
December 2018 5.290 5.174 3.578 3.286
January 2019 5.277 5.177 3.068 3.314
February 2019 4.881 5.181 3.137 3.348
March 2019 4.771 5.198 3.583 3.389
April 2019 6.031 5.252 3.565 3.413
May 2019 5.143 5.272 3.427 3.408
June 2019 5.020 5.283 3.231 3.382
July 2019 5.130 5.246 3.466 3.393
August 2019 5.791 5.256 3.304 3.400
September 2019 5.141 5.220 3.404 3.421
October 2019 5.023 5.187 3.428 3.466
November 2019 4.765 5.178 3.345 3.462
December 2019 5.139 5.153 3.792 3.398
January 2020 5.853 5.105 3.455 3.251
February 2020 5.277 4.994 3.139 3.058
March 2020 4.574 4.902 2.710 2.815
April 2020 4.102 4.880 2.136 2.659
May 2020 4.976 4.966 2.609 2.587
June 2020 5.429 5.129 2.636 2.576
July 2020 5.257 5.346 2.708 2.665
August 2020 5.662 5.652 2.407 2.744
September 2020 6.085 5.937 3.471 2.845
October 2020 5.854 6.146 2.563 2.878
November 2020 6.489 6.321 3.089 2.890
December 2020 6.397 6.474 2.756 2.869
January 2021 7.075 6.649 2.829 2.878
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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