[VIDEO] Lustgarten Says Trump & Co Should Stimulate 2017 Construction

Eli Lustgarten, Senior Vice President and Senior Research Analyst for Industrial Manufacturing and Technology at Longbow Research LLC, shares his outlook for construction in 2017.

Dec 22, 2016

AEM TV asks Eli Lustgarten, Senior Vice President and Senior Research Analyst for Industrial Manufacturing and Technology at Longbow Research LLC, to share his outlook for construction in 2017.

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