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Latest Australian Analysis
- Jul 10 2020
Sydney Suburban Centres and Office Parks 2020 - 2030
We have markedly downgraded our forecasts for Sydney’s suburban office markets in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. We anticipate a phase of weak to negative net absorption over the next 12 m...
- Jul 10 2020
Realtime data improving before Melbourne lockdown
Prior to the re-imposition of lockdown conditions in Melbourne, high frequency indicators were showing a general improvement. As trading restrictions have eased, discretionary spending has improved a...
- Jul 09 2020
Return to lockdown conditions in Melbourne set to push out nascent recovery. GDP to contract by 4.3% in 2020, but downside risks are mounting
The run of data over the past month has been a little stronger than expected, with conditions appearing, at the very least, to have stabilised. However, a second wave of coronavirus infections in Vict...
- Jul 06 2020
Philippines: Building and Construction in the Philippines 2020-2024: July 2020 Update
The evolving pandemic and consequent implications will see total construction work done decline 7.2% in 2020. Declines will be felt across all sectors, with more severe declines in non-residential (-2...
- Jul 06 2020
Taiwan: Building and Construction in Taiwan 2020-2024: July 2020 Update
The construction sector in Taiwan has avoided any major fallout from coronavirus-induced disruptions that has hit its regional peers, as Taiwan has contained the coronavirus outbreak without implemen...
- Jul 03 2020
Housing market set to become a drag on the economy
COVID-19 has abruptly brought to a halt the recent recovery in the housing market. The economic recession is expected to weigh on prices, which will put a drag on the number of property sales, and wit...
- Jul 02 2020
China: Building and Construction in China 2020-2024: July 2020 Update
Construction delays due to the coronavirus impact, had seen Q1 residential and non-residential floor area completion levels fall significantly across all Chinese cities and provinces. All ongoing sit...
- Jun 30 2020
Sydney Commercial Property Prospects 2020-2030
Fallout from the coronavirus-induced recession is expected to hit the Sydney office market hard. We anticipate a phase of substantial negative net absorption over the next 12 months, leading to sharp...
- Jun 30 2020
The Outlook for Residential Land in Melbourne June 2020
Melbourne’s residential market is suffering from a sharp downturn in underlying demand overall while supply remains elevated. The result is expected to be marked falls in house prices. However, th...
- Jun 30 2020
Brisbane Commercial Property Prospects 2020-2030
2020 is set to be the first of several years of deteriorating leasing market conditions for Brisbane. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tenant demand near term and a looming wave of new supply a...
Latest Global Analysis
- Jul 07 2020
World trade shows tentative signs of stabilisation
The steep drop in world goods trade in recent months is comparable to that seen in the global financial crisis. But early evidence from June shows tentative signs of stabilisation, in line with our ba...
- Jul 07 2020
Alternative labour market data suggests gloomier outlook
Official labour market statistics often don’t tell the whole story. In some countries, alternative unemployment measures reveal more about labour market conditions, but in others these statistics aren...
- Jul 06 2020
Transatlantic policy responses are close cousins
While outright transatlantic policy coordination has been lacking, the strong US and eurozone policy responses to the Global Coronavirus Recession (GCR) have been surprisingly similar in size and scop...
- Jul 06 2020
Coronavirus Watch: Retail surge unlikely to last
Further evidence has emerged showing that households headed back to the shops in May as lockdowns were loosened. But the currently stellar pace of household spending tells us little about its prospect...
- Jul 06 2020
Modelling the economic cost of global warming
According to our analysis, the economic impact of future climate change will severely impact the livelihood of populations in a large number of countries – some catastrophically so. In aggregate, we f...
- Jul 06 2020
Estimating the economic impact of global warming
This thematic white paper examines the possible economic impact of global warming by estimating the relationship between economic activity and temperature.
- Jun 30 2020
Why Q2 GDP is likely to surprise on the upside
Uncertainties about Q2 GDP remain high even as new data is released. This is due to several specific characteristics of the pandemic recession as opposed to those we’ve seen before.
- Jun 30 2020
Why deflation may be a bigger risk than inflation
Concerns about high inflation in the medium term are in our view overdone. In fact, we think the bigger risk is some economies sliding into deflation, due to the coronavirus pandemic’s long-lasting ne...
- Jun 30 2020
Coronavirus Watch: Covid hotspots cloud outlook
The recent downward revision to the IMF’s economic forecast was no surprise given the news flow over the past three months. The IMF now assumes a slightly bigger drop in global GDP in 2020 than our ow...
- Jun 29 2020
Global Risk Survey: Business pessimism easing
Business pessimism has eased for the first time during the pandemic, according to our June 2020 flash survey of risk perceptions. Two-thirds of businesses now expect the global economy to emerge from...
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Engineering Construction in Australia
Engineering Construction in Australia provides the best analysis, insights and forecasts of Australia’s dynamic civil construction market across transport (roads, bridges, railways, harbours), utilities (water, sewerage, electricity, telecommunications), recreation, pipelines and mining and heavy industry construction. Updated quarterly, including an extensive databank, detailed forecasts and project lists.
Building in Australia
A comprehensive overview of the long run Australia residential and non-residential outlook. Includes detailed forecasts by sector, including houses, apartments, offices, retail, warehouses, accommodation, education and health.
Residential Property Prospects 2018-2021
Report contains a three year forecast outlook for median house and unit prices for Australia’s state and territory capital cities and selected regional centres. Analysis and forecasts of key drivers, including economic indicators, migration, population growth and underlying demand and supply are also included.