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Exports from the Ocean State dropped 0.5 percent in December to $191.1 million on a month-to-month, seasonally adjusted basis after rising a revised 3.4 percent in November, according to an international trade statistics report from e-forecasting.com.
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By PBN Staff
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After a relatively good year in 2012, the Massachusetts economy is poised for expansion, according to the Leading Economic Index released Tuesday by the MassBenchmarks editorial board, which added that sequestration was a “major threat to state economic growth.”
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By PBN Staff
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The Providence-New Bedford-Fall River metro area foreclosure rate rose 0.16 percentage points in December compared with the same period in 2011, CoreLogic said Wednesday.
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By Alex Kowalski |
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Single-family home sales and the median price of those sales rose 9 percent in Bristol County, Mass. in January compared with the same month in 2012, The Warren Group said Tuesday.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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U.S. stock futures rose, following the first weekly drop in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index this year, on growing speculation Japan will stimulate its economy.
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By Rita Nazareth |
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Real gross domestic product increased in 242 of the nation’s 366 metropolitan areas in 2011, including the Providence-New Bedford-Fall River area, according to new statistics released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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By PBN Staff
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Investors are skeptical that U.S. retail spending will exceed forecasts this year, as some consumer-discretionary stock indexes have yet to reach new multi-year highs relative to their defensive counterparts.
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By Anna-Louise Jackson and Anthony Feld |
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The Consumer Price Index in the Northeast rose 1.8 percent over the last 12 months to 247.23 in January, according to a report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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By PBN Staff
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Applications for unemployment benefits in the U.S. rose last week, returning to levels seen prior to the holiday period and indicating little change in the pace of firings.
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By Lorraine Woellert and Alex Kowalski |
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The Providence region was the 25th most expensive metro area in the United States in 2012, according to the latest index from the Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness, WPRI.com reported.
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By PBN Staff
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