Construction points to weak EM investment

Construction has started the year on a weak note across the emerging world and particularly in those EMs that most need to raise their investment rates, notably Brazil and Russia. This adds weight to our concerns that growth in these economies is set to be held back by supply-side bottlenecks.

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