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MEASURING 75, Leonard Lardaro's September 2017 Current Conditions Index reported a tie year-to-date. The "train wreck" labor force, as Lardaro called it in the report, gained 0.5 percent. / COURTESY LEONARD LARDARO

September 2017 CCI ties measure year-to-date

Economic Activity 11/13/2017

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The state’s September economy lined up exactly with that of 2016, according to University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro’s latest...

THE CURRENT CONDITIONS INDEX for August was 83. / COURTESY LEONARD LARDARO

August: Current Conditions Index posts fifth consecutive strong reading

Economic Activity 10/16/2017

SOUTH KINGSTOWN - Rhode Island’s economy continued to outperform year over year, according to University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro in the latest...

JULY'S CURRENT CONDITIONS INDEX posted a fourth consecutive reading of 83, which shows 10 of the 12 indicators in the index improved over the last 12 months. / COURTESY LEONARD LARDARO

July: Current Conditions Index posts fourth consecutive strong reading

Economy 09/11/2017

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Positivity heralds the start of the second half of 2017, said University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro in the latest...

LEONARD LARDARO MEASURED Rhode Island's Current Conditions Index at 83 in June. / COURTESY LEONARD LARDARO

CCI holds steady, again

Economic Activity 08/14/2017

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – After a “very disappointing 2016,” the first half of 2017 was “quite favorable” said University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro...

IMPROVEMENTS IN 10 of the one dozen economic readings that make up the Current Conditions Index show that the state is moving forward in a sustained way at the moment, according to University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro.

Do you feel strong positive economic momentum in the state right...

Economic Activity 07/16/2017

University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro is often seen as a “gloomy Gus” when it comes to his read on Rhode Island in...

Lardaro: R.I. economy continues torrid 2017 run in May

Economic Activity 07/10/2017

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Rhode Island “appears to be well into restoring the momentum it lost last year,” said University of Rhode Island economist Leonard...

LEONARD LARDARO'S Current Conditions Index suggests that Rhode Island's economy expanded in April, but at a slower rate than March. / COURTESY LEONARD LARDARO

CCI fell 9 pts. from March, bounced back 50 pts. from...

Economic Activity 06/12/2017

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Momentum gained through 2016 has sustained itself through April 2017 according to the latest Current Conditions Index measured by University of...

UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND economist Leonard Lardaro said economic activity accellerated in Rhode Island on Monday. He said this may result in revenue growth. /COURTESY LEONARD LARDARO

Lardaro: Acceleration in economy continues; index at its highest value in...

Economic Activity 05/15/2017

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A “well-defined and broadly based acceleration in the pace of economic activity” in Rhode Island continued in March, according to University...

THE CURRENT CONDITIONS Index rose to 83 in February, higher than any value last year, according to University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro.

Lardaro: Economic momentum accelerating, labor force performance still ‘train wreck’

Economic Activity 04/10/2017

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Rhode Island’s economy is “definitely accelerating,” according to University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro, but he still views the labor...