CHRISTOPHER STEVENS, JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Rhode Island executive director of commercial banking, said he believes Rhode Island will not be "first in, last out" of the pandemic recession based on optimism expressed by Rhode Island companies, mirroring national results of a new survey. / COURTESY JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.
PROVIDENCE – Midsize business leaders are more optimistic than ever about their companies' futures, according to a new survey by JPMorgan Chase & Co. published on Monday. The confidence expressed by nine in ten business leaders surveyed for the 2021 Business Leaders Outlook Pulse Survey is the highest in the biannual survey’s 11-year history, according…