Noble Francis
London
Noble Francis is Economics Director at the Construction Products Association. In addition to a degree, Masters Degree and PhD in Economics, Noble has over 10 years of experience in economic forecasting.
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What to look for in the Autumn Statement
Expect downward forecasts, infrastructure plans and a grand rehash of existing policy
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The economy: Plan B or no Plan B, that is the question
What will the government announce its strategy to tackle the faltering economy to be in its autumn statement?
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Why construction's making the headlines
The reasons behind the reported big drop in orders for Top 50 contractors
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What do the ONS figures really mean?
There’s a lag in the data produced by ONS – and it’s a big headache for researchers and policy makers
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At least Crossrail is going ahead (slowly)
The London rail link will arrive three years late, and there’s a steep decline in health capital spending.
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Comment on: It’s official – construction has never had it so good
Brian,
good blog as per always but I can’t help feeling that ONS should be very worried about this (and they aren’t).
These figures now feed directly into the GDP figures (the ones that in Q2 were double initial expectations from CBI, Oxford Economics and all other macroeconomic forecasters. The ONS figures show that Q2 construction output grew 9.6% (in the revised figures). I haven’t met anyone around the industry that saw that, nevermind continual increases now.
Noble Francis
Economics Director
Construction Products Association
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