Media Alert: ConstructConnect Economist Michael Guckes on Marketplace Morning Report

Michael Guckes, Sr. Economist, ConstructConnect, was featured on the Marketplace Morning Report broadcast on March 13, 2024. Guckes was interviewed for Commercial construction has hit a brick wall. Why? which covered the impact of elevated interest rates, restrictive bank lending, and building-use trends on the industry.

”We’re seeing many more projects that are being abandoned, and I think that much of that has to do with the financial markets,” Guckes said.

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