The total value of construction work done in Australia was down a seasonally adjusted 3.0 percent on quarter in the fourth quarter of 2019, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday - coming in at A$49.773 billion.
That missed forecasts for a decline of 1.0 percent following the 0.4 percent decline in the three months prior.
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