Tag: January
More Federal Reserve officials see possible rate hikes this year, minutes show
WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of Federal Reserve policymakers willing to consider an interest rate hike this year rose between the January and March...
R.I.’s 4.5% jobless rate in January is 2nd highest in New...
PROVIDENCE – The January unemployment rate of 4.5% in Rhode Island was the second highest in New England along with Connecticut and above the...
Cotality: R.I. home price index jumps 2.4% year over year in...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island home price index increased 2.43% year over year in January, the second-highest growth rate in New England, according to Cotality, formerly CoreLogic...
Median home price in Bristol County, Mass., up to $510K in...
PROVIDENCE – The median price of single-family homes sold in Bristol County, Mass., increased to $510,000 in January, rising 6.7% from a year ago,...
Inflation measure dips to nearly five-year low as gas prices fall...
WASHINGTON (AP) – A key measure of inflation fell to nearly a five-year low last month as apartment rental price growth slowed and gas...
U.S. adds surprising 13K jobs last month yet revisions cut hundreds...
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. employers added a surprisingly strong 130,000 jobs last month, but government revisions cut 2024-2025 U.S. payrolls by hundreds of thousands.
The unemployment...
U.S. consumer confidence falls to lowest level since 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. consumer confidence declined sharply in January, hitting the lowest level since 2014 as Americans grow increasingly concerned about their financial...
U.S. economy shrank 0.5% between January and March
WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. economy shrank at a 0.5% annual pace from January through March as President Donald Trump's trade wars disrupted business, the Commerce...
Lardaro: January troubling for R.I.’s economy
PROVIDENCE – January was troubling for Rhode Island’s economy, University of Rhode Island economist and professor Leonard Lardaro said Monday in his monthly Current Conditions...
R.I. monthly unemployment rises to 4.6% in January
CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in January was 4.6%, up from the revised 4.5% rate in December, the R.I. Department of...
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