
Wholesale trade sales of construction and building materials increased by 25 percent m-m (current prices) in February, after a slow December and January. Sales were also up by 11 percent y-y compared to the same month in 2021. In real terms, adjusted for inflation, sales however remain lower by 7 percent y-y for the first two months of 2022. Read more of this and other trends in our April 2022 Construction Monitor due for release in the first week of May.

