REPORT

Today's Construction Economy
Q2 2023

Is there a possibility of another recession coming? 


By Tom Sanders, CCEA, CBA

Chief Economist, MOCA Systems, Inc.


Three years after policy decisions to address COVID induced a severe recession, we have recovered. The pendulum has swung 180 degrees, and we are now confronted with raging inflation and, again, real possibilities of another recession. Nonresidential construction has nicely weathered the storm as employment, spending, and wages are at all-time highs, but it seems that many of these trends are unsustainable. Our focus continues to be on the primary drivers of selling price to owners.


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Meet the author

Tom Sanders, CCEA, CBA
Lead Economist at MOCA Systems


Tom Sanders is the lead economist for MOCA Systems, Inc., a leading owner’s representative firm providing program and project management services. Tom provides independent market analyses for military construction projects. He is a retired USAF Reserve Colonel with 30 years of service.

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