Industry groups say while pent-up demand for housing and commercial properties continues to build, confidence to take on such investments remains low.
工业部说虽然被搁置的民用和商业住房需求在上升,但是投资者的信心持续低潮。
Aside from pockets of demand associated with mining investment, the construction sector otherwise remains in the doldrums.
部分与矿业需求联系的投资需求有所增加,其余建筑行业仍然低迷。
“(This) should be a prominent concern for policy makers – the lack of a large and sustainable recovery in residential construction at a time when the domestic economy sorely needs such as outcome,” Housing Industry Association (HIA) chief economist Harley Dale said in a statement.
政策决策者需要非常重视这一问题 —— “一时间住宅建筑缺乏大量可持续的恢复,而此时国内经济严重需要的比如产出” HIA澳洲房产工业协会首席经济学家Harley Dale在一声明中表述。
The Australian Industry Group (Ai Group)/HIA performance of construction index released on Friday remained at 35.3 points in May.
澳洲房产工业局/HIA 建筑性能指数在周五发布,5月份指数仍然处在35.3。
This was the 36th month the index has been below the critical 50-point mark that separates contraction in the sector from expansion.
这已经是第36个月该指数在50点以下。50点是危险指数点,低于50点,意味着行业在收缩,否则在扩张。
Ai Group’s director of public policy Peter Burn said while successive interest rate cuts have been welcome for the industry, so far they appear to have only steadied the decline in building activity.
AI局董事Peter Burn在公共发言中说,持续降息在此行业中受到欢迎,至今他们显示出仅仅稳住了建筑下降的速度。
The Australian Industry Group (Ai Group)/HIA performance of construction index released on Friday remained at 35.3 points in May.
澳洲房产工业局/HIA 建筑性能指数在周五发布,5月份指数仍然处在35.3。
This was the 36th month the index has been below the critical 50-point mark that separates contraction in the sector from expansion.
这已经是第36个月该指数在50点以下。50点是危险指数点,低于50点,意味着行业在收缩,否则在扩张。