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1. UK Government announces investments to boost housing and create jobs

   On 4 August, the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, announced plans to invest £1.3bn ($1.7bn) in building projects and infrastructure and…
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   10 Aug
2. Economic recovery threatened in Spain as new Covid-19 cases spike across the country

   The number of newly reported Covid-19 cases in Spain have dramatically spiked in the last few weeks following the gradual…
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   4 Aug
3. High unemployment and surge in new Covid-19 cases in the US will limit recovery of housing market

   Recent economic indicators have shown some signs of a recovery in the US housing market along with the wider economy,…
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   6 Jul
4. Construction industry slows down in the Balkan countries amid the Covid-19 outbreak

   Prior to the Covid-19 outbreak, the construction industry in the Balkan countries (comprising Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania and Slovenia) was growing…
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   2 Jul
5. UK Government announces infrastructure taskforce to help speed up the economic recovery

   As the UK emerges from the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, the government has announced plans to restart the economy…
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   1 Jul
6. Delayed progress on large projects in Indonesia

   Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, Indonesia has reported 50,187 infections and 2,620 deaths, and in order to contain…
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   1 Jul
7. New Zealand reopens economy and earmarks ‘shovel-ready’ infrastructure projects

   New Zealand has been successful in containing the virus outbreak, and the government has lifted all domestic lockdown restrictions in…
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   26 Jun
8. Construction activities have restarted in Singapore, but severe damage has been done

   Singapore is moving ahead with efforts to restart the economy, with the government having imposed a range of restrictions from…
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   26 Jun
9. Covid-19 and Africa-China relations: challenges and opportunities

   The economic impact of the Covid-19 outbreak on Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is expected to be strong, in part reflecting the…
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   19 Jun
10. Peru’s construction activity plummets to record low in April

    Construction output in Peru plummeted in April, dropping by a record low of 89.7% year-on-year and by 34.9% between January…
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    18 Jun