Construction Forecast

News & Analysis Archive

02/27 - U.S. Housing Market – The News is Bad and Badder
02/27 - St. John’s lays claim to title of hottest job market in Canada
02/27 - China’s economy will likely plod along during the Year of the Ox
02/26 - New features with Connect 3.5.4!
02/25 - Construction Materials Prices drop 0.3% in January
02/24 - Currency is the Safety Valve for Canada’s Inflation Rate versus the U.S.
02/24 - Canada’s Cyclical Construction Categories are Moving into Unfriendly Neighbourhoods
02/20 - The Latest Foreign Trade Numbers for the U.S. and Canada are Important for Construction
02/19 - Consumer bankruptcies will escalate in the near term as unemployment rises
02/19 - Chartered Bank Mortgage and Personal Loan Rates Demonstrate the Credit Crunch
02/18 - Canada’s Housing Market in Full Retreat, According to CMHC’s Starts Statistics
02/17 - Construction Starts Drop 23% in January
02/17 - Building Signage
02/16 - Slowing tourism and business travel will cool hotel construction in 2009 and 2010
02/13 - Washington Provides a Boost to Housing
02/13 - Recession Arrives in Nonresidential Markets
02/12 - The U.S. Labor Market, Inventory Adjustments and The Social Safety Net
02/12 - Cheap rates, abundant loanable funds but bank asserts still being drained by Washington Policies
02/12 - Canada’s information highway could become an information sideroad
02/12 - Equipment Shipments Tumble into Deep Recession
02/12 - As vacancy rates rise, Canada’s commercial construction outlook dims
02/11 - Expect the St Louis Economy To Retreat For The Next Six to Nine Months
02/11 - Although Cooling, the Dallas Economy remains Hotter than Most 
02/10 - Canada’s Labour Market in January – Job Losses in Manufacturing, But some Strength Elsewhere
02/10 - Legal, Accounting, Architectural and Computer Systems Design Employment
02/10 - Top 10 and Trend Graph – January 2009
02/10 - Commodity price declines will continue through the winter
02/09 - A Comparison of Extremes – Employment in U.S. Auto Manufacturing versus the Gambling Industry
02/09 - Recession spreads to forty-seven states
02/09 - Ranking States by Recent Economic Performance – Dec 2008
02/06 - Housing permits, starts and sales plunge in December
02/06 - Spending declines begin soon for nonresidential building and heavy project markets
02/06 - Homebuilders will have to cut production more
02/06 - Construction spending decline accelerates
02/06 - Statistics Canada’s Labour Report for January Shows 129,000 Jobs Lost
02/05 - International Monetary Fund takes dim view of global economic prospects
02/04 - Construction Material Costs in Canada will Decline 5% Year over Year in 2009’s First Half
02/03 - Canadian Construction Material Input Costs are Slowly Easing
02/03 - Understanding Escalator Terminology
02/02 - Bank of Canada has little room to move on interest rates over next six months

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