2023年美国建筑市场展望（英）.pdf

2023 Construction Industry Forecast Page 2 | /constructionforecast Cautious optimism amid headwinds As we begin a new year, it’s quite clear we are not yet out of Industry sentiment has declined amid economic and supply the woods in terms of market and industry volatility. While chain concerns, though executives remain cautiously we continue to see supply chain and skilled labor impacts, optimistic. Despite economic headwinds as we enter 2023, we now also must manage inflation and the resulting there is cautious optimism looking ahead fueled by a strong interest rate hikes while looking ahead to a potential backlog of jobs and orders, infrastructure spending, recession. We believe that in times such as these, it’s and anticipated supply chain stability. A shortage of skilled more important than ever to survey our industry peers to labor and increased labor costs continue to be dominant understand their sentiment amid a multitude of headwinds. industry concerns. This marked the 47th year of our annual Wells Fargo As we shift our focus to what may come next, please Construction Industry Forecast, and we are pleased to reference the full report to weigh your future business report that industry executives from 44 states responded decisions against what your industry peers have to say. to our survey. The primary goal of the survey is to As always, please reach out with any questions you have determine the 2023 U.S. National Optimism Quotient (OQ), about the survey. We are glad to share our perspective and which is the survey’s primary benchmark for measuring interpretation of the results at your convenience. the degree of optimism in the nonresidential construction business for the coming year. In addition to determining Jim Heron the OQ