- Global financial bodies are reacting to various pressures, including higher interest rates, slow wage growth in Europe, and geopolitical factors like the Hormuz Strait.
- Conflict in the Middle East is driving inflation and cost increases, influencing central bank policy signals.
- Fighting in the Middle East is causing pricing pressure within the construction industry.
Tensions in the Middle East are cited as a factor contributing to a slowdown in the construction sector.
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Updated Sep 7
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What happened
Tensions in the Middle East are cited as a factor contributing to a slowdown in the construction sector.
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Fighting in the Middle East is causing pricing pressure within the construction industry.Also in this story
- Construction inflation followed Iran war outbreak.
- Urban development initiatives in Qatar are boosting demand and market share for construction companies like Hitachi and LiuGong in the Lusail area.
- The Iran-related war is disrupting global oil and petrochemical supplies, causing rising fuel costs and material price volatility that affects construction companies and data centers.
The entities involved
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Middle East
geopolitical region encompassing Egypt and most of Western Asia, including Iran
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S&P Global Market Intelligence
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