Catching up … this morning from the Census Bureau reported that overall construction spending increased in April: [C]onstruction spending during April 2011 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $765.0 billion, 0.4 percent (±1.6%) above the revised March estimate of $762.1 billion. The April figure is 9.3 percent (±1.6%) below the April 2010 [...]