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Latest Australia analysis
- Dec 17 2018
Large Format Retail Property 2018-2028
Large format retail property offers stronger prospective returns than all other major property classes (on our forecasts) with the exception of Sydney offices over a five year horizon. And it is t...
- Dec 12 2018
Building In Australia 2018 - December Update
A steady upwards trend in total building was observed over the five years to 2017/18, with activity reaching almost $120 billion (constant 2015/16 prices). While new dwelling building was the driving...
- Dec 12 2018
GDP misses expectations in September quarter, growth in FY19 now seen at 2.7%
GDP growth was weaker than expected in Q3 at a modest 0.3% q/q. Some of the weakness in the quarter was a result of expected further declines in mining engineering construction and weakness in volatil...
- Dec 12 2018
New Zealand: Building and Construction in New Zealand 2018-2022: December 2018 Update
The latest construction sector data show that building activity is set to remain elevated in 2018, with work done increasing further from 2017’s level while approvals are set to decline slightly.&...
- Dec 05 2018
Building Industry Prospects December 2018 Bulletin
Coming off a record level in 2017/18, the value of total builidng is set to edge back over 2018/19 (-9%) and 2019/20 (-4%). This outlook for Australia is modestly weaker than that publishe...
- Dec 05 2018
Road Construction in Australia 2018-32 December Update
Road construction slightly outperformed our previous forecasts for FY18, with $21 billion of work done for the year ended June. As anticipated, this was the highest level of road construction in Aust...
- Dec 04 2018
The Evolution of Non-mining Business Investment
Underpinned by robust growth in the global economy and an improving domestic demand environment, non-mining business investment has surprised to the upside over the past year. Moving into 2019, the su...
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Latest Global Analysis
- Oct 22 2018
Inflation to once again be the dog that did not bark
Concern is rising that inflation may take off in advanced economies as labour markets tighten and spare capacity diminishes. We agree it is set to rise after years of surprising to the downside. Howev...
- Oct 18 2018
Market sell-off not down to trade war fears
The perception that markets have been increasingly shrugging off trade war fears is well founded, even against the backdrop of last week’s sell-off. Based on our analysis of 70 trade war news events o...
- Oct 18 2018
Global growth easing, but not alarmingly so
We continue to see a moderate, slightly sharper slowdown in global GDP growth in 2019 than both the consensus and the IMF. While the US is expected to remain a source of economic strength, the boost t...
- Oct 16 2018
Still little reason to fear a surge in core inflation
Concerns that tight labour markets and a lack of spare capacity will trigger a sustained rise in inflation pressures in the advanced economies have contributed to the recent surge in bond yields. Whil...
- Oct 15 2018
Unsynchronised growth: Stronger US now a global drag
We have revised up our US growth forecasts over recent months, but forecasts elsewhere are under downwards pressure – especially in emerging markets (EM). Firmer US growth may boost the rest of the wo...
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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.
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.
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.