Tag: January
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...
U.S. employers add solid 151K jobs in January, unemployment up to...
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. employers added solid 151,000 jobs last month, but the outlook is cloudy as President Donald Trump threatens a trade war,...
U.S. consumer spending falls in January most since February 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. consumers cut back drastically on spending last month, the most since February 2021, even as inflation declined, though stiff tariffs threatened by...
U.S. January home sales fall as high mortgage rates, prices freeze...
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell in January as rising mortgage rates and prices put off many would-be homebuyers despite a...
R.I.’s median home price rises to $465K in January
WARWICK – The median price of single-family homes sold in Rhode Island continued to climb in January, rising 5.3% from a year earlier to...
Commission: Sports-related events will bring $18M to R.I. in Q1
PROVIDENCE – Odds are this will be a lucrative quarter for the R.I. Sports Commission.
Led by the first and second regional rounds of the...
Median home price in Bristol County, Mass., up 3.9% year over...
PROVIDENCE – The median price of single-family homes sold in Bristol County, Mass., increased to $477,900 in January, a 3.9% jump from the same...
U.S. retail sales plunged last month as consumers pulled back after...
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. retail sales dropped sharply last month, in part because cold weather kept more Americans indoors and dented sales at car dealers and...
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