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Anirban Basu, chief economist for Associated Builders and Contractors, returns to present Construction Executive‘s 2022 Construction Industry Economic Update and Forecast. Basu will take a look back at the stronger-than-expected recovery effort this year and shed some light on what the future holds.

This presentation will review the latest in both construction and general economic indicators. Discussion topics will cover movement on the infrastructure package; the latest on jobs and unemployment reports; the impact of the end of extended unemployment benefits, materials prices and shipping costs; as well as a review of the latest ABC Construction Confidence Index and Construction Backlog Indicator reports. Wherever the industry goes, be sure Basu will cover it!

Sign up for this 60-minute presentation followed by 30 minutes of live Q&A. You may submit questions in advance while registering for this webinar.

SPEAKER INFO

Anirban Basu is chairman and CEO of Sage Policy Group Inc., an economic and policy consulting firm headquartered in Baltimore.
In 2014, Gov. Larry Hogan appointed him chair of the Maryland Economic Development Commission. He is also the chief economist to Associated Builders and Contractors and chief economic adviser to the Construction Financial Management Association. He lectures at Johns Hopkins University in Global Strategy and has also taught international economics, urban economics and micro- and macroeconomics at Hopkins. His radio show can be heard weekdays on WYPR FM in, Baltimore.

Mr. Basu earned a bachelor’s degree in foreign service at Georgetown University, master’s in public policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and a master’s in economics from the University of Maryland, College Park. Basu also has a juris doctor at the University of Maryland School of Law and completed doctoral work in health economics at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.