Optimism tempered by uncertainty

Mary Lhowe

02/22/2019

CONFIDENCE WANING? Matt Fair, center, of Hayes & Sherry Real Estate Services, listens with colleagues during PBN’s first Economic Trends Summit in Providence on Feb. 15. Panelists said perennial concerns such as rising health care costs and uncertainty about changing federal policies are dampening optimism about an otherwise strong economy.  / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Rhode Island’s economy is doing well, but a handful of perennial bugaboos, along with actions at the federal level, have dampened the business community’s optimism for the near term. Perennial frustrations include lack of readiness by people entering the workforce, lack of investment in the state, shortage of commercial real estate and increasing costs of

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