Edinaldo Tebaldi
From crisis to growth: Leveraging skills to foster prosperity
A look at recent economic data – along with an analysis of industry, technology and workforce trends – reveals that Rhode Island is falling...
Improving, but not robust health
The Rhode Island economy continues to improve and grow, if slowly. The state’s gross domestic product expanded 1.4 percent in 2015 and is projected...
Long-term trends in R.I. are not good
The economic outlook for Rhode Island has improved considerably over the last three years. This is particularly evident given a significant decline in the...
R.I.’s future: Improvement but weaknesses remain
First, the good news. Rhode Island’s economic outlook improved over the last year. The unemployment rate has dropped from a peak of 11.9 percent...
R.I. economy is improving, but not nearly enough
Rhode Island’s economy is improving, but progress is slow and the impact of the 2008 Great Recession is still felt.
The state’s economy is...
R.I. lags but focus on manufacturing would help a lot
Rhode Island remains behind other states in New England when looking at major economic indicators such as growth of the gross state product and...
Clouds clearing, but forecast for R.I. remains dark
The Rhode Island economy has shown some signs of improvement in 2012.
Net general sales and gross-receipt taxes, a proxy for the state aggregate...
R.I. must do better matching worker skills and jobs
Through April of this year, Rhode Island continued to have the second-highest unemployment rate in the United States, leaving the state with 62,178 people...
Rhode Island not likely to see big growth for years
The year 2012 shapes up as a difficult year for the Rhode Island economy.
Since the end of the Great Recession, Rhode Island has...
Fiscal discipline and exports are key to R.I.’s health
Economic contraction has ended in Rhode Island, but there is not much for job seekers and the average Rhode Islander to celebrate. All macroeconomic...