Global construction output will fall –3.7% this year according to IHS Global Insight. The forecasting company’s latest Global Construction Outlook said this is the steepest drop for at least 20 years. This year’s fall comes on the back of a –1.8% fall in construction in 2008. The market will shrink to US$ 5.6 trillion this year, with every region except Asia seeing a fall in construction spending. Although the Japanese and Korean markets are set to contract, growth in China and India in particular will lift the region’s construction output by +2.6% this year.
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