After another month-on-month decline, the headline CIPS construction PMI dropped to 38.2, its lowest level since May 2020. Meanwhile, the fourth consecutive fall in the future activity index, to 53.0, points to further weakness to come, with projects set to be delayed or entirely shelved thanks to rising costs and an increasingly uncertain outlook for occupier demand, interest rates and property yields.
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