{"id":5620,"date":"2025-05-19T15:56:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T15:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mywatchseries.me\/?p=5620"},"modified":"2025-05-19T15:56:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T15:56:00","slug":"u-s-cement-consumption-expected-to-dip-recession-not-a-foregone-conclusion-in-cement-industry-associations-spring-economic-forecast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mywatchseries.me\/index.php\/2025\/05\/19\/u-s-cement-consumption-expected-to-dip-recession-not-a-foregone-conclusion-in-cement-industry-associations-spring-economic-forecast\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Cement Consumption Expected to Dip; Recession Not a Foregone Conclusion in Cement Industry Association\u2019s Spring Economic Forecast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WASHINGTON, D.C.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 U.S. cement consumption is expected to decline by 1.6% this year, but a recession prompted by ongoing trade wars is not expected in 2025.\u00a0 The predictions were included in the American Cement Association\u2019s (ACA) Market Intelligence team\u2019s Spring Forecast, released last week at the 67<sup>th<\/sup> IEEE-IAS\/ACA Cement Conference in Birmingham, AL.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2019Uncertainty\u2019 is a key consideration for the construction industry\u2019s outlook in the near term,\u201d said Trevor Storck, ACA Regional Economist. \u201cThe cement industry\u2019s baseline assumes continued improvement in trade negotiations, like the progress seen this week with China. This will provide relief to markets and help restore some investor confidence, supporting a rebound in economic activity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it\u2019s important to note that elevated interest rates that hindered construction activity last year are still in place and continue to play a role in this year\u2019s projections.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key data points in the ACA Market Intelligence economic forecast include<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ACA\u2019s baseline calls for the economy to narrowly avoid a recession this year before stronger growth returns in 2026 and 2027.<\/li>\n<li>Labor markets are expected to continue cooling in 2025, without a significant rise in unemployment.<\/li>\n<li>The key headwind facing housing remains affordability. Elevated mortgage rates and home prices will take time to rebalance, holding back growth in near-term home building.<\/li>\n<li>Outside of strong growth in data center construction, commercial markets are expected to continue easing in 2025.<\/li>\n<li>Highways and streets construction has been plagued by the high inflationary environment of recent years.\n<ul>\n<li>This effect is slowing but states\u2019 expenditure growth is also easing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>In total, there is no obvious driver for cement consumption growth during 2025.<\/li>\n<li>However, as headwinds fade, modest cement consumption growth returns in 2026 before more robust growth in 2027.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>An abbreviated slide deck of the national forecast is attached.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>*(Please note: The American Cement Association was formerly known as the Portland Cement Association. The organization formally announced its rebranding on May 7, 2025.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The<\/em> <em>American Cement Association, founded in 1916, is the premier policy, research, education, and market intelligence organization serving America\u2019s cement manufacturers. ACA supports sustainability, innovation, and safety while fostering continuous improvement in cement manufacturing, distribution, infrastructure, and economic growth. For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cement.org\">www.cement.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/informedinfrastructure.com\/100864\/u-s-cement-consumption-expected-to-dip-recession-not-a-foregone-conclusion-in-cement-industry-associations-spring-economic-forecast\/\">U.S. Cement Consumption Expected to Dip; Recession Not a Foregone Conclusion in Cement Industry Association\u2019s Spring Economic Forecast<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/informedinfrastructure.com\">Informed Infrastructure<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C.\u00a0\u2014 U.S. cement consumption is expected to decline by 1.6% this year, but a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mywatchseries.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5620"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mywatchseries.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mywatchseries.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mywatchseries.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mywatchseries.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5620"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/mywatchseries.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5621,"href":"http:\/\/mywatchseries.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5620\/revisions\/5621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mywatchseries.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mywatchseries.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mywatchseries.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}