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South sees bump in construction backlog but sector still flat overall

Ted Carter — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 06:01:40 +0000

The South is rising again, at least in comparison to construction activity with the rest of the country. Construction contractors looking for jobs should keep their eye on Dixie, says Anirban Basu, the Maryland-based chief economist for the Associated Builders and Contractors, whose Mississippi chapter is headquartered in Pearl and has an office in Gulfport. [...]

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CONSTRUCTION HIT THE BRAKES AFTER STRONG 2011 START — Dwindling backlog of work explains why quest for contracts is very competitive in Mississippi

Ted Carter — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 06:01:09 +0000

A second quarter national construction surge that created an 8-month backlog of work fizzled out by the end of the year, an analysis by the chief economist for the national chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors shows. It’s news that the head of the Mississippi chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors expected to hear. [...]

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Construction economist sees strengthened recovery for state

Ted Carter — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 06:00:35 +0000

A commercial construction economist has delivered a half-cup of good cheer on Mississippi’s economic prospects for 2012 and predicted the state should return to its pre-Gulf oil spill pace. Anirban Basu, chief economist for the Associated Builders and Contractors, set 2012 economic growth at 2.4 percent nationally and said he expects regaining momentum lost to [...]

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It’s the economy

Ted Carter — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 06:00:22 +0000

Mississippi’s bankers and lenders can’t seem to get out of each other’s way as state appears to be late in the recession and out Late both coming and going — that’s how economists of the future will detail Mississippi’s experience with the Great Recession. While tardy to settle into the economic slump that beset much [...]

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Basu: Key is ‘stimulus, stimulus, stimulus’

Ted Carter — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 06:00:29 +0000

With 2011 less than 60 days away, Mississippi’s builders and contractors must get accustomed to a less-than-inspiring prediction for next year’s business climate: ”Less worse but certainly not terrific.” “Less worse” came as close to actual encouragement as economist Anirban Basu could get in a presentation to several hundred members of the Mississippi Associated Builders [...]

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