Tag: Leonard Lardaro
CCI holds steady, again
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – After a “very disappointing 2016,” the first half of 2017 was “quite favorable” said University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro...
Do you feel strong positive economic momentum in the state right...
University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro is often seen as a “gloomy Gus” when it comes to his read on Rhode Island in...
Behind seemingly positive employment data is structural weakness that in the...
Sean DeLong, 42, has applied for more than 800 jobs in Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts since November 2015.
On average, he gets about one...
Lardaro: R.I. economy continues torrid 2017 run in May
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Rhode Island “appears to be well into restoring the momentum it lost last year,” said University of Rhode Island economist Leonard...
CCI fell 9 pts. from March, bounced back 50 pts. from...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Momentum gained through 2016 has sustained itself through April 2017 according to the latest Current Conditions Index measured by University of...
Lardaro: Acceleration in economy continues; index at its highest value in...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A “well-defined and broadly based acceleration in the pace of economic activity” in Rhode Island continued in March, according to University...
Lardaro: Economic momentum accelerating, labor force performance still ‘train wreck’
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Rhode Island’s economy is “definitely accelerating,” according to University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro, but he still views the labor...
Lardaro: Economy continues to ‘hang in there’
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – In its first move in three months, Rhode Island’s Current Conditions Index fell to 67 in November from its 2016 high...
Lardaro: Economy holds steady in October, still ‘canary in the proverbial...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The state’s Current Conditions Index remains at 75 for the third consecutive month, according to Leonard Lardaro, a University of Rhode...
Lardaro: CCI unchanged in September
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Rhode Island’s Current Conditions Index remained unchanged at 75 in September compared with August, said Leonard Lardaro, a University of Rhode...


















