Sentence examples for fall in construction output from inspiring English sources

Part of the slowdown was due to the biggest fall in construction output in three years, a drop of 2.2%.

Well, the arctic conditions certainly played a big part – especially in the 3.3% fall in construction output.

Optimistic forecasts were upset by the biggest fall in construction output in three years, coupled with anemic growth in the service sector and a fall in industrial output.

When the ONS published figures last month showing a relatively strong GDP growth of 0.6% in the second quarter, it had estimated a more modest fall in construction output of 0.4%.

Indeed, we think the balance of risks may be skewed a little to the downside … Monthly data available suggests that output in both the industrial and services sectors may have risen a little over the quarter, but another notable fall in construction output may have knocked around 0.2 percentage points off GDP growth.

"The marked fall in construction output reflected a return to declining levels of commercial building work and a sharp decrease in civil engineering activity," the surveyors said.

That was largely on the back of a slump in construction output, which fell 1.6% in the first quarter.

UK manufacturing output may have disappointed yesterday, but this has been almost wholly neutralised by the six-and-a-half-year high seen in construction output in January.

However, a steep fall in manufacturing and construction output this year has undermined hopes of a strong resurgence in growth.

Manufacturing output has fallen by 1.3%, construction output has fallen by 4.2%, infrastructure investment down by 11%, every time you come to this House and you promise a rebalancing and every time you fail..

The data also follows a weak run of data for the UK economy following falls in construction and manufacturing output in July and a ballooning goods deficit.