Sentence examples for decline in construction from inspiring English sources

Those gains were offset by a 20percentt decline in construction and forestry equipment sales.

German industrial production declined in January, led by a decline in construction.

Mr. Bush attributed a sharp decline in construction projects to a lack of insurance and said that was contributing to unemployment and limiting economic growth.

Those organizations that already had building projects financed and under way, for example, have benefited from a decline in construction costs.

The increase came a month after housing starts dropped sharply, largely because of a deep decline in construction of multifamily homes.

The housing bust and financial crisis led to a decline in construction and finance employment that is likely to be long-lasting.

But we were expecting a minor decline: a fall in construction spending below trend of $150 billion a year for two years or $100 billion a year for three years or $75 billion a year for four years.

There are plenty of negative signs if you look for them, such as significant declines in construction, manufacturing and retailing.

They point to the loss of more than 292,000 jobs in the last four months and steep declines in construction activity and consumer confidence.

The jump in unionization rates in the construction industry, for example, was partly attributed to the steep decline in residential construction, where there are fewer unions, while the more heavily unionized commercial construction sector remained strong.

Much of this is due to the decline in the construction industry after the housing bust of 2006 (the construction industry has high rates of employment dynamics), and the longer-run shift in employment from manufacturing (an industry with low rates of employment dynamics) to healthcare and accommodation and food services (the latter industry has high rates of employment dynamics).