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Construction output in Great Britain: July 2026
ONS publishes July 2026 construction output short-term indicators for Great Britain, including all-work output and breakdowns by public/private sector.
The Office for National Statistics has published construction output in Great Britain for July 2026. The release provides short-term measures of output from the construction industry, with an all-work summary at both current price and chained volume measures. It also reports seasonally adjusted monthly construction output and provides splits by public and private sector.
The dataset includes additional construction-focused detail, such as the index categories and their percentage weights, covering different types of construction work. It also provides revisions-triangle information for one-month and three-month growth calculations, which helps users understand how the latest estimates may differ from earlier first releases.
For FX traders, construction output matters because it offers a near-term gauge of domestic activity in a sector that is sensitive to shifts in demand, financing conditions and project pipelines. Moves in construction production can therefore feed into broader assessments of UK growth momentum, and that can influence expectations around future monetary policy.
What to watch next is the direction of the July output signal and, crucially, whether the revisions-related information implies the earlier trend has been re-estimated. The next scheduled publication date is 15 October 2026.
Why this matters for FX
Construction is a cyclical growth sector tied to domestic demand, labour and materials costs. Monthly construction output data can therefore influence GBP by shaping expectations for UK growth momentum and potentially the inflation path via cost and activity indicators.