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South Africa’s 2025 budget aims to maintain sustainable economic growth

On 12 March 2025, South Africa's Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana delivered the 2025 National Budget for financial year 2025-26…
Hong Kong announces FY25-26 budget, with measures to tackle budget deficit

Hong Kong’s financial secretary Paul Chan Mo-po delivered the Hong Kong Special Admistrive Region government's financial year 2025-26 (FY25-26, April 2025…
France announces 2025 budget, with focus to reduce public deficit through fiscal measures

The French parliament approved the country's 2025 budget on 6 February 2025, with a focus on reducing the public deficit…
Nigerian President proposes 2025 budget increase; sparks fiscal sustainability concerns

The Nigerian President, Bola Tinubu, announced in early February 2025 that he plans to increase the 2025 budget expenditure from…
Construction in UK expected to grow in 2025 amid weakness in residential sector

Following an estimated marginal contraction of 0.7% in real terms in 2024, leading data and analytics company GlobalData expects the…

Impact of proposed US tariff measures on Australia

Before the proposed announcement of US tariffs on metal imports, Australia was not subject to direct tariff measures by the…
High costs and reduced demand to threaten Germany’s construction industry in 2025

Leading data and analytics company GlobalData expects Germany's construction industry to continue to shrink in 2025 after remaining weak in…
Déjà vu for Brazilian construction prospects in 2025

The appointment of Gabriel Galipolo - the new president of Banco Central Do Brasil - suggests further Selic rate hikes,…
Political turmoil to impact construction activities in Bangladesh

Bangladesh’s longest-serving Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina - who had been in power for the past 15 years - resigned and…
India announces FY25 budget, with capex for infrastructure intact

The Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the first budget under the Modi 3.0 government on 23 July 2024. As…