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Construction: roads, buildings and infrastructure
Growing faster than the economy as a whole, on public infrastructure and private building. Cement output is rising with it.
Construction in numbers
Latest official figures. Shares and growth are in real terms (2019 prices) unless marked nominal.
Growth against the economy
What drives the sector
Public capital spending
Federal and state road, rail and bridge projects.
Private building
Housing and commercial property, much of it self-financed.
Materials
Cement, steel and bitumen prices.
Financing
Infrastructure funds, concessions and road tax-credit schemes bring in private money.
Regulators and main players
Federal Ministry of Works
Federal roads and bridges.
State ministries of works
State roads and urban projects.
Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission
Public–private partnerships.
Contractors and cement makers
Large contractors and the main cement producers.
What to watch
We do not publish forecasts. These are the signals we follow for this sector.
Capital budget releases
How much of the capital budget is actually released and spent.
Cement prices and output
A quick read on building activity.
Major projects
Progress on flagship highways, rail lines and bridges.
PPPs
New concessions and tolling.
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