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NewsConstruction output slumps again
ONS can’t say to what extent the downturn in March was caused by the ‘Beast from the East’
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Comment2012 will be a stinker for construction
Forecasters seem unified in their pessimism over future construction output
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CommentWhere will the construction work be in 2012?
There may be less work in 2012, but that doesn’t mean less opportunity for smart construction firms
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CommentFew signs in construction output figures of private sector revival. But who really knows?
For all the confusion in output numbers, the conclusions to be drawn are rather disturbing
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Does the whole GDP debate really rest on dodgy construction output figures?
It has long been said that construction is an important bellwether in determining the shape of the nation’s economic progress.Today the performance of construction, or rather revisions to its measured performance, seemingly determined how close the UK is to recovery.The upwardly revised construction data put the nation yet closer to ...
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Is this deflation I see before me? Why prices are rising faster than the inflation rate
I am not sure about you, but I sometimes have to go to the back numbers to make sense of the statistics that get thrown at me.I have been for some months a bit curious as to why the brightest brains (well some seriously well paid experts) among the UK ...
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Worst fall in output on record
The construction output figures from the Office of National Statistics covering the first quarter of 2009 highlight the true nature of the construction recession, or should we say depression, with considerable destocking leading to sharp falls in output. Total output in construction during the first quarter of 2009 fell an ...