Tag: economic growth
Congressional Budget Office predicts slower economic growth and 4.7% unemployment into...
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Congressional Budget Office reported Wednesday that economic and job growth so far this year has been stronger than forecast in February, but...
U.S. revises down last quarter’s economic growth to 2.7% rate
WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. economy expanded at a 2.7% annual rate from October through December, a solid showing despite rising interest rates and...
U.S. slightly revises up its GDP estimate for Q4 to 7%
WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. economy ended 2021 by expanding at a brisk 7% annual pace from October through December, the government reported Thursday...
Put a stop to economic growth? Huge mistake
One of the more pernicious ideas now coming into vogue is that societies should voluntarily halt their economic growth. In a recent New Yorker...
U.S. growth slows to 2.1% as trade tensions weigh on businesses
WASHINGTON – U.S. economic growth slowed in the second quarter by less than forecast as consumer spending topped estimates, though weaker business investment and exports...
Manufacturing replaced by … a museum
My wife and I recently spent two nights in North Adams, an old industrial city in the northwestern corner of Massachusetts, at a lodging...
With the election now settled, do you think that Rhode Island...
A major issue in any election is the economic health of the city/state/country that is holding the vote, and nowhere was the issue debated...
Report: Providence metro posts all-around improvement on Inclusive Growth Index
PROVIDENCE – The Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area ranked No. 71 among the 100 largest metros in the nation for economic growth from 2015 to...