The rapid surge that put construction industry insolvencies up more than one-third on their total last year is set to ease, Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s business banking head says.
Australia’s largest bank watched the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s insolvency statistics “very closely”, Mike Vacy-Lyle said. These showed property businesses were suffering from rising labour costs and “remarkably high” input costs – especially those working with fixed-price contracts.
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