Business
2020 Construction Economic Forecast
Buoyed by a strong job market, U.S. consumers continue to punch above their lofty weight, and a long-predicted U.S. corporate earnings recession has failed to materialize.
By Anirban Basu
December 3, 2019
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by Anirban Basu
Anirban Basu is chief economist of Associated Builders and Contractors. For more information, visit www.abc.org/economics.
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