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# Total Private Construction Spending
This dataset is retrieved from the US Census and concerns the total private
construction spending. Potential change points occur at recessions. The data
is obtained [from this Census
page](https://www.census.gov/construction/c30/historical_data.html) using the
"Private" series from the "Not Seasonally Adjusted" column in the "Monthly"
table. Alternatively, use [this direct
URL](https://www.census.gov/construction/c30/xls/privtime.xls).
According to [this
page](https://web.archive.org/web/20191120160410/https://ask.census.gov/prweb/PRServletCustom/YACFBFye-rFIz_FoGtyvDRUGg1Uzu5Mn*/!STANDARD?pyActivity=pyMobileSnapStart&ArticleID=KCP-4726)
on the US Census website, we are allowed to redistribute the data as part of
this repository.
Source: United States Census Bureau, URL: https://www.census.gov, Retrieved:
2019-09-11.
To create ``construction.json`` file from the raw ``privtime.xls`` file,
simply run:
```
$ python convert.py privtime.xls construction.json
```
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