在營造業方面，雖7月後豪大雨和颱風拖累業者工程施作進度，房屋建築工程疲弱態勢持續，所幸公共工程新案陸續啟動，以及整體營造工程物價指數月增率近乎持平，故2023年7月營造業景氣以持平視之。展望未來，由於公共工程執行率維持超前，又政府持續擴大預算支出，且8月政府開始受理營造業申請移工，因此未來半年營造業景氣以好轉看待。經過本院模型試算後，本次營建業2023年7月營業氣候測驗點為96.01點，較6月之95.18點上揚0.83點， 呈現第二個月上揚的格局。

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全球經濟成長在逆風中緩步成長，國際預測機構 S&P Global 7 月 18 日最新預測， 2023 年經濟成長率 2.4%，與上月持平。觀察主要國家，美國上調 0.3 個百分點最多，日本上調 0.1 個百分點次之，新加坡、中國大陸、南韓各下修 0.4、0.3、0.1 個百分點，歐元區、香港均持平。

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The 2023 Consumer Housing Trends Report (CHTR) provides a snapshot of what housing consumers are thinking and doing in early-to-mid 2023. In this report, we take a deeper look at buyers (household decision makers that own their primary residence and moved to a home they purchased in the past year). Information about who buyers are in 2023 can equip consumers with the tools they need to make informed decisions in this transforming housing market landscape.

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• Sales of new single-family homes rose to an annualized rate of 714,000 in July, up 4.4% from June’s revised sales pace and 31.5% higher than in July 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
• The median sales price of new houses sold in July was $436,700, which was 4.8% higher than in June, and 8.7% lower than in July 2022.
• The seasonally-adjusted estimate of new houses for sale at the end of July was 437,000, or 7.3 months’ supply at the current sales rate.

• Existing-home sales fell 2.2% in July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.07 million. Sales receded 16.6% from one year ago.
• The median existing-home sales price rose 1.9% from one year ago to $406,700. It was the fourth time the monthly median sales price eclipsed $400,000, joining June 2023 ($410,000), June 2022 ($413,800) and May 2022 ($408,600). 
• The inventory of unsold existing homes increased 3.7% from the previous month to 1.11 million at the end of July, or the equivalent of 3.3 months’ supply at the current monthly sales pace.