Construction industry in South-eastern Europe still struggling to emerge from eurozone debt crisis

Construction activity in most SEE countries, for which data is available, declined in the first half of 2012, continuing a trend from 2011. The only gainers were Romania and Serbia.
By: Emerging Markets Direct
 
Oct. 16, 2012 - PRLog -- Construction activity contracted in most counties in Southeast Europe in the first half of 2012, continuing a trend from 2011 as the ongoing instability in the eurozone, the major market for the region’s exports, is forcing developers to delay  new construction projects. The outlook for the sector remains gloomy as the sovereign debt crisis in the eurozone is denting demand for eastern European exports, leading to a fall in investments. Increased public spending on infrastructure last year helped the construction sector somewhat offset  the decline of commercial and residential building activity but  funds for large infrastructure projects this year have been cut, following government’s efforts to reduce fiscal deficits  by scaling down expenses.

Data from Eurostat showed that construction output in the European Union countries decreased by 6% y/y and by 1.2% q/q in the second quarter of 2012. Of the three EU member states included in this report, Slovenia and Bulgaria witnessed a drop in construction output, while production in Romania grew at its fastest annual rate in more than a year.
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