Neil Dutta, Columnist

U.S. Manufacturing Is Primed for Another Year of Growth

The global economy is a big driver, but domestic demand is even more important.

January 19, 2018 at 5:11 PM UTC

Neil Dutta is the head of economics at Renaissance Macro Research, responsible for analyzing global trends and cross-market investment themes.

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