Tag: December
R.I. monthly unemployment rises to 3.6% in January
CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment in January was 3.6%, two-tenths of a percentage point higher than the previous month, the R.I. Department...
Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge picked up last month in sign...
WASHINGTON (AP) – An inflation gauge favored by the Federal Reserve increased in January, the latest sign that the slowdown in U.S. consumer price...
Consumer sentiment edges higher as economic growth accelerates and inflation fades
WASHINGTON (AP) – A measure of consumer sentiment ticked higher this month, after soaring in December and January, underscoring that Americans are starting to...
Lardaro: R.I. economy expanding despite weak December
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island's economy closed 2023 in expansion range despite a weak December, University of Rhode Island economist and professor Leonard Lardaro said...
Providence metro median rent rising faster than rest of the country,...
PROVIDENCE – The cost of renting an apartment in the Providence-Warwick metropolitan area, which includes all Rhode Island counties and Bristol County, Mass., has...
Inflation slowed further in December as an economic ‘soft landing’ moves...
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge cooled further last month even as the economy kept growing briskly, a trend sure to...
Job gains and free-spending shoppers lifted Wall Street in 2023, but...
NEW YORK (AP) – Job gains and raises helped power solid economic growth in the U.S. last year, but what if those gains were a mirage?
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R.I. monthly unemployment jumps to 3.2% in December
CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment in December was 3.2%, three-tenths of a percentage point higher than the previous month, the R.I. Department...
Retail sales rose 0.6% in December as a strong job market...
NEW YORK (AP) – Americans stepped up their spending even more than expected in December, closing out the holiday season and the year on...
Median home sale prices in Bristol County, Mass., up 8.2% in...
PROVIDENCE - The median price of single-family homes sold in Bristol County, Mass., rose to $461,000 in December, an 8.2% jump over the same...
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