All articles by Brian Green – Page 7
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CommentThe trouble with handing roads to private firms
Brian Green questions whether David Cameron really understands the difference between privately managing the water supply and trying to do the same thing with the roads network
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CommentConstruction employment holds up in 2011 - but fears remain over job prospects
Flat national picture masks significant regional variations that bode poorly for the North
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CommentBy how many will NewBuy boost house-building numbers?
A useful bump, maybe. But the Government scheme is unlikely to have a major impact on overall home sales.
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CommentLatest construction output figures support recession fears
Broadly-flat figures should not lull us into donning rose-tinted spectacles, argues Brian Green
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CommentOptimism rebased – or how we learned to be less pessimistic about things getting worse
There’s a lot of confusion over how well construction is doing, but there seems to have been an upswing in optimisim
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CommentWhy calling for housing QE is not special pleading: Part 2
Brian Green concludes his arguments for the government to introduce quantitative easing into the housing sector … and adds a timely royalist flourish
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CommentWhy calling for housing QE is not special pleading: Part 1
Brian Green argues there is a strong case for harnessing the potential of quantitative easing to boost struggling sectors of the economy.
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CommentPlant hire activity rises again in 2011 Q4
Latest data supports the view that there was reasonble recovery in activity at the end of last year – but that is still below peak
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CommentWhy the CPA is right to push quantitative easing for house building
There’s growing backing in the construction industry for using the quantitative easing machine as a means to increase the number of homes being built
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CommentFigures show we are just not building enough homes. It is that simple
Latest statistics underline the massive task ahead for the government if it is to boost housebuilding to a level above that achieved before the recession
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CommentSomething’s wrong with the official private housing repair and maintenance data
I and others have long held doubts about accuracy of the private housing repair and maintenance series within the construction output data
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CommentLatest construction data underlines tough challenge for the industry in 2012
The latest statistics fit with forecasts of a construction recession for the best part of a couple of years
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CommentThe latest survey of specialists adds weight to recessionary fears
What makes the latest survey of specialist contractors by the trade body NSCC of particular concern is that, for the first time in two years, it hints heavily at recession
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CommentWhy is confidence rising in the construction industry when it appears set for recession?
There seems to be a surprisingly level of optimism at the moment – it could be well founded, but the chances appear slim
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CommentShapps needs to bring out the big guns
If the housing minister is to deliver the ‘gold standard’ number of new homes a year he’ll need to ask the Bank of England for help
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CommentBrian Green on … construction output
The sectors the industry are looking to for growth are stagnating - and the government needs to respond quickly
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CommentLatest data shows construction sliding into recession
ONS stats show construction output shrinking in the last quarter
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CommentMy digital life … Brian Green
This economist is promiscuous when it comes to technology and rates the BBC website highly
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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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CommentSo what should we expect the housing market to do in 2012?
Despite government schemes to boost house building it looks as though growth in private house sales will be constrained