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Webinar Description 

Anirban Basu, chief economist for Associated Builders and Contractors, will present "Construction Executive's 2025 Q1 Construction Economic Update and Forecast" on April 2, 2025 at 2 p.m. ET (11 a.m. PT). Basu's presentations are designed to inform commercial construction contractors—and those supporting them—of economic conditions that affect the current construction landscape, covering up-to-the-minute information on general economic conditions such as inflation and interest rates, employment figures and risks lurking in the economy, and changes the second Trump administration may bring to tariffs, federal construction spending and more. 

In addition, this presentation aims to arm contractors with a deep understanding of economic conditions facing the construction industry—the hottest regions and market sectors, the latest on the cost of labor and job openings, how current events are affecting the industry, and forward-looking metrics such as AIA’s Architecture Billings Index and ABC’s Construction Confidence Index and Construction Backlog Indicator. 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 in Baltimore. He is chief economist for Associated Builders and Contractors. The Baltimore Business Journal named him one of the region’s 20 most powerful business leaders in 2010. His radio show can be heard weekdays on WYPR, 88.1 FM Baltimore. He teaches History of Economic Thought at Goucher College as their Distinguished Economist in Residence.