Tag: Economic Trends Summit
It’s not if but when on recession, so get ready
Inflation and a looming recession have weighed heavily on local business owners and state leaders for months. And with good reason, as this week’s...
If a recession comes this year, how will it affect the...
Thomas Tzitzouris, head of fixed income research at Strategas Research Partners, expects the Federal Reserve will raise its benchmark interest rate until it maxes...
Plenty of challenges ahead, but which to solve first?
Inflation. Supply chain bottlenecks. Worker shortages.
The pandemic-induced fires are spreading fast, and companies are struggling to figure out which ones to put out first.
Local...
Economist: Inflation isn’t going to fade soon
To those grappling with skyrocketing prices, Thomas Tzitzouris has bad news: price hikes aren’t going away anytime soon.
Inflation will continue to be the story...
PBN summit: High business costs, education are concerns in R.I.
The Rhode Island economy has come a long way since the dark days of the Great Recession, when the unemployment rate was among the...
Economist doesn’t believe recession in the forecast
Some businesspeople might feel there’s an economic downturn looming ahead, but Thomas Tzitzouris doesn’t see it that way.
“There is no reason to suspect there...
Summit attendees encouraged by healthy condition of R.I., N.E. economies
Osborne Jackson, senior economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, offered a generally positive image of Rhode Island’s and New England’s current economic...
Optimism tempered by uncertainty
Rhode Island’s economy is doing well, but a handful of perennial bugaboos, along with actions at the federal level, have dampened the business community’s...
PBN Economic Trends Summit: R.I. improving but future optimism guarded
PROVIDENCE – Graphs with various economic indicators showing a giant dive in 2008-2009 followed by a steady upward line to today flew on big...
PBN to host inaugural Economic Trends Summit
PROVIDENCE – The inaugural PBN Economic Trends Summit: The Rhode Island Economy will be held Feb. 15 from 8:30-11:30 a.m. at the Providence Marriott...
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