RHODE ISLAND GDP was projected to have increased at 25.6% annualized rate in the third quarter, according to a new report. / COURTESY THE CENTER FOR GLOBAL AND REGIONAL ECONOMIC STUDIES AT BRYANT UNIVERSITY AND THE RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC EXPENDITURE COUNCIL
PROVIDENCE – Despite recovering a number of jobs, economic activity in Rhode Island continued to be "severely constrained" because of the coronavirus pandemic, said in a report released Tuesday by the Center for Global and Regional Economic Studies at Bryant University and the Rhode Island Public Public Expenditure Council. The state's gross domestic product, or…