Citizens: Business climate cools off slightly in Q4 after ‘overheating’

Nancy Lavin

January 28, 2022 11:21 am

THE NATIONAL AND STATE business climate cooled off slightly in the fourth quarter of 2021 after overheating in quarters prior, according to Citizens Business Conditions Index published on Thursday. / PBN FILE PHOTO.

PROVIDENCE - After gathering perhaps too much steam in summer and early fall, the state and national business climate cooled off slightly in the fourth quarter of 2021, according to Citizens Financial Group Inc.'s Quarterly Business Conditions Index. Rhode Island fared better than the country, slipping in its quarterly index value by 1.6% to 56.32.…