Tag: Current Conditions Index
Lardaro: R.I. economy continues torrid 2017 run in May
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Rhode Island “appears to be well into restoring the momentum it lost last year,” said University of Rhode Island economist Leonard...
CCI fell 9 pts. from March, bounced back 50 pts. from...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Momentum gained through 2016 has sustained itself through April 2017 according to the latest Current Conditions Index measured by University of...
Lardaro: Acceleration in economy continues; index at its highest value in...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A “well-defined and broadly based acceleration in the pace of economic activity” in Rhode Island continued in March, according to University...
Lardaro: Economic momentum accelerating, labor force performance still ‘train wreck’
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Rhode Island’s economy is “definitely accelerating,” according to University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro, but he still views the labor...
Lardaro: Economy continues to ‘hang in there’
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – In its first move in three months, Rhode Island’s Current Conditions Index fell to 67 in November from its 2016 high...
Lardaro: Economy holds steady in October, still ‘canary in the proverbial...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The state’s Current Conditions Index remains at 75 for the third consecutive month, according to Leonard Lardaro, a University of Rhode...
Lardaro: CCI unchanged in September
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Rhode Island’s Current Conditions Index remained unchanged at 75 in September compared with August, said Leonard Lardaro, a University of Rhode...
August Lardaro CCI signals positive third quarter
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – After a “truly disappointing” second quarter, University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro found the August current conditions index rose to...
Lardaro: CCI improves from April, but state performing poorly
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The state’s economy “improved” to a neutral value of 50 in May, reported University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro in...
R.I. shows expansion in March, but just ‘barely,’ says Lardaro
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The state experienced a “very disappointing” first quarter as Rhode Island’s economy was “expanding, but barely,” said University of Rhode Island...