
Material pressures push building inflation to 4.6%
Juliet ETEFE
Building cost inflation rose to 4.6 percent in August 2026 from 4 percent in July, driven largely by higher material costs although overall cost pressures remained well below the 12 percent recorded a year earlier.
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