FADING FEARS: Despite lingering concerns, businesses regaining swagger

Jacquelyn Voghel

09/29/2023

SHELF DISPLAY: Kelley McShane, right, co-owner of beverage manufacturer The Granny Squibb Co. LLC, with Tony Melo, who approves brands to put on the shelf, at Eastside Marketplace in Providence. PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

After weathering a year largely overcast by fears of a looming recession, business owners are feeling more buoyant as they look ahead despite lingering economic hazards and lukewarm expectations for the state economy, according to Providence Business News’ 2023 Summer Business Survey. Since PBN’s winter survey, economists have largely walked back recession forecasts that clouded…

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