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New England jobless rate fell to 7.2% in 2012
The unemployment rate for the New England area fell 0.6 percent points to 7.2 percent in 2012, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced Tuesday. more
| 3/26/13
Report: 22% of R.I. children live with an unemployed or underemployed parent
More than 20 percent of children in the Ocean State live with a parent who is either unemployed or underemployed, according to a report from the Urban Institute. more
| 3/26/13
Consumer confidence in U.S. decreases more than forecast
Confidence among U.S. consumers fell more than forecast in March as Washington’s budget battle soured Americans’ views of the economic outlook. more
RIPIRG: R.I. receives ‘D-’ for transparency
Rhode Island has received a “D-” grade for government spending transparency in the fourth annual report from the R.I. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund. more
| 3/26/13
U.S. stock futures climb before durable-goods, house-price data
U.S. stock futures rose, signaling the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index will rebound from yesterday’s decline, before reports that may show an increase in durable- goods orders and a jump in house prices. more
Consumers will keep spending as U.S. hurdles fade
American consumers, who kept shopping through rising fuel costs and delayed tax refunds, will probably continue buoying the world’s largest economy as these hurdles dissipate. more
Foreclosure rates in Providence metro rise slightly in January
The Providence-Fall River-New Bedford area foreclosure rate rose 0.01 percentage points in January compared with the same period in 2012, CoreLogic said Monday. more
| 3/25/13
Boehner declaring no debt crisis revealed in household loans
The bear market in bonds is being delayed by Americans socking away money at 50 times the rate at which they take on debt to buy houses, cars and other items. more
Metro jobless rate continues year-over-year drop
Unemployment rates fell year over year in January in 227 of the United States’ 372 metropolitan areas, including the Providence-Fall River-Warwick metro, according to the latest non-seasonally adjusted data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. more
| 3/22/13
T.F. Green sees traffic drop in February
(Updated, March 22, 4:22 p.m.) Passenger traffic at T.F. Green Airport fell 6.1 percent in February compared with February 2012 to 249,554, the second-lowest number since the beginning of 2009, according to numbers released by the R.I. Airport Corporation on Thursday. more
| 3/21/13
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