Infrastructure splurge exacerbating housing shortage: RBA
Government-funded road and rail projects are competing for tradies and construction materials, crowding out the residential construction market and compounding Australia’s inflation problem, the Reserve Bank of Australia has warned.
As infrastructure projects soaked up labour and building materials, costs would increase, hitting home builders and prolonging an acute rental shortage, the RBA said on Friday.
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