Business costs weighing heavily on resilient R.I. businesses

PBN Staff

09/25/2026

BETTER THAN MOST: Matt Bosgraaf, right, owner of the Kayak Centre in North Kingstown, says inflation and other economic challenges have not stopped his business from growing.  PBN FILE PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

For all the public recession talk among economists and state leaders in recent months, it’s the cost of doing business weighing most heavily on Rhode Island companies. That’s the biggest change from last year, says Monika P. Zuluaga, CEO and president of the Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce. “What we’re hearing from our members

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