Depressionberg’s construction disaster arrives

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There are four major components to the construction boom that has kept Australia moving for the past eight years. The first is public infrastrcuture. It’s ramp up has topped out and it is at slowing declining high plateau as huge projects like the NBN roll off:

The second is private infrastructure which is falling precipitously with more ahead:

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The third component is non-residential private investment. It has also peaked and is headed lower from here as commercial and office space finds itself in a sudden glut with tumbling rents:

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About the author
David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.