The seasonally adjusted Markit/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) printed at 54.2, beating the estimate of 54.00.
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The latest reading was unchanged since February and indicated the joint-slowest rate of output growth since June 2013
Slower growth of incoming new work continued to act as a brake on construction output in March
The rate of employment growth eased to its slowest since June 2013
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