Keeps Growth Going

摘要

History buffs reviewing this year's batch of industry forecasts for 2006 may experience Yogi Berra's feeling of "deja vu all over again." The scenario of strong and steady public works and rebounding nonresidential building markets offsetting a downturn in a record-breaking homebuilding market is strikingly similar to last year's predictions. While last year's forecasts for public works and nonresidential buildings pretty much came true, the housing market once again defied predictions of its demise.