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    Recession may cost 800,000 construction jobs - that's one in three

    2009-07-06T12:16:00Z

    The latest forecast from the Construction Products Association puts the annual peak to trough fall in construction at a shade above 20%.That probably translates to a 22% to 23% fall peak to trough on a quarterly basis, which compares with the 15% seen in the 1990s recession.This is a sharp ...