The slowdown in construction employment and earnings growth looks, at first glance, to be inconsistent with builders’ growing complaints about labour shortages. But with job openings rising, and house price growth relatively low given the lack of inventory, we suspect an inability to pay more is preventing developers from expanding their workforces as much as they would like.
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