Material consumption decreased the most during the economic crisis, so it is possible that the observed improvement in material productivity does not represent a major turnaround in resource use patterns, but is rather a result of the negative impact of the economic crisis on resource-intensive industries, such as construction.
Poraba snovi se je najbolj zmanjšala med gospodarsko krizo, zato zaznano izboljšanje snovne produktivnosti verjetno ne pomeni velikega preobrata v vzorcih rabe virov, temveč je rezultat negativnega vpliva gospodarske krize na snovno intenzivne panoge, npr. gradbeništvo.