Brickonomics

Construction industry ends 2008 on a record low

Happy New Year, or is it? The first piece of hard data on performance of the construction industry we get and it is a "new" record low for the Purchasing Managers' Index compiled for the buyers' body CIPS. The overall...

Posted by Brian on January 5, 2009 10:48 AM

The beast of inflation may be in retreat, but it can still bite

As if the confusion over the credit crunch's causes and effects is not enough, we now have the related confusion over inflation. What is a good level for inflation to fall to if deflation is a fear? We have just...

Posted by Brian on December 16, 2008 12:34 PM

Why bigger contractors were slower to see the oncoming recession

Something that has been puzzling me for some while is why bigger contractors were so slow to accept their may be a recession coming. Up to about springtime in various conversations with fairly senior folk and in notes I'd read...

Posted by Brian on November 13, 2008 1:40 PM

A lesson from history: realise the pain early when recession looms

I am in the midst of looking at endless numbers on house building and house builders for the annual Housing Market Intelligence report. I'll admit things are a bit slippy at moment. Trying to put meaning to the numbers is...

Posted by Brian on September 12, 2008 10:48 AM