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Building Permits

August 2008

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Highlights

  1. As a result of declines in both the residential and non-residential sectors, the value of building permits fell 13.5% to $5.6 billion in August, a level similar to the one observed in March 2008. On a year-to-date basis, permits were down 0.7% from the same period last year.