Tag: Economic Trends Summit
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...














