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Are the positive indicators really a dead cat bounce?

By: Language: English Series: Construction News ; (6964) 27 April 2006, 17(1)Publication details: 2006Subject(s): Summary: The long period of sustained growth in the construction industry has been primarily driven by two main factors, the private housing market and infrastructure renewal. Warns that although indicators remain positive, levels of consumer debt, the unlikelihood of a fall in interest rates, and pressure on public expenditure, may all combine to make the future less buoyant than anticipated.

The long period of sustained growth in the construction industry has been primarily driven by two main factors, the private housing market and infrastructure renewal. Warns that although indicators remain positive, levels of consumer debt, the unlikelihood of a fall in interest rates, and pressure on public expenditure, may all combine to make the future less buoyant than anticipated.