Business
What Will the 2024 Economy Look Like
ABC Chief Economist Anirban Basu has some thoughts. They're not all bad, but he's still banking on a recession.
By Grace Calengor
December 15, 2023
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Business
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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