How useful and reliable are construction statistics?

建筑统计的有用性与可靠性如何？

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And the latest statistics suggest commercial construction has also started to fall.

根据最新的数据表明商业建筑开始下降。

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The first batch of statistics is expected to be officially released before the end of 2007. China’s first official index system for E-commerce statistics is under construction.

目前正与中国国家统计局联合开展电子商务统计，第一批统计数据预计在2007年年底前可正式对外发布，中国第一个权威的电子商务统计指标体系正在逐步形成。

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Statistics also reveal that employment in the construction industry has fallen by 26, 000 from a high of 84, 000 in 2007.

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It is quite possible that the economy is stronger than the official statistics suggest: in fact, we already know that construction and industrial output were stronger in June than the ONS expected when they came up with their first estimate for the change in GDP in the second quarter.

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They say the labour trends are hard to square with other statistics, logging decidedly poor growth performances in key sectors such as construction and finance.

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