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CIPS/Markit Construction PMI (July)

Today’s PMI showed that activity in the construction sector as a whole, as well as in the commercial property sub-sector, continued to grow solidly in July. However, the availability of property development finance remains tight and the economic outlook very soft. Accordingly, a slowdown in commercial property construction activity in H2 seems more likely than a pick-up.

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