Koniunktura w budownictwie : II kwartał 2021 Badania Koniunktury Gospodarczej Instytutu Rozwoju Gospodarczego SGH

Abstract

Due to the 3rdwave of the COVID-19 pandemic andthevery cold spring, the performance of the construction industry in the 2nd quarter was significantly below expectations. The construction confidence indicator(CCI) remainednegative at -0.4 points.It is 12.4 points higher than onequarter ago,and 35.9 pts up fromthe respective year 2020figure. Private firms assessed their economic situation much worse than public ones.The main striking result of the survey is the sharp increase in prices of construction services that grew for the second time in a row, following rise in production cost-as many as 55.4% of the surveyed construction firms report edhigh prices of raw materials to bethe main factor limiting their production activity(33.2% in the1stquarter).(original abstract)