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'Taylor Swift Is an Economic Phenomenon': CE's Q1 2024 Economic Update and Forecast
In our latest construction forecast webinar, ABC Chief Economist Anirban Basu offered a newly optimistic analysis of the economy—including the role that a certain pop superstar's concert tour has played in staving off recession.
By Grace Calengor
March 28, 2024
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by Grace Calengor
Grace Calengor is senior editor of Construction Executive. Prior to joining ABC in April 2023, she was managing editor of The Zebra Press in Alexandria, Virginia. She graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota, in 2020 with two bachelor’s degrees in English and classics, and a minor in comparative literature.
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