The newest AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index reporting has shown a continued stasis of weak conditions for firms nationally. The August ABI is now 45.7, down from the 48.2 figure that was recorded for July (any score below 50.0 indicates a decline). This is now the nineteenth consecutive month of declines in the ABI index.
"Unfortunately, even the impending interest rate cuts didn’t move the needle on project inquiries or new design contracts at architecture firms. Hopefully, once the trajectory of further cuts gets clarified, delayed projects will restart, and new projects will gather momentum," the AIA’s Chief Economist Kermit Baker says of the findings:
August ABI Highlights
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