Tag: Leonard Lardaro
ALL IN with Bally’s: But how risky is R.I.’s heavy reliance...
Rhode Island has come to rely heavily on Justin Kane and other recreational gamblers like him.
Kane, a Providence real estate investor, likes to blow...
R.I. monthly labor market data raises accuracy questions
PROVIDENCE – If the state’s monthly labor market report should usually be taken with a grain of salt, the latest statistics call for a...
Lardaro: R.I. continues an uneven economic recovery
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island economy continued to expand in September, marking six consecutive months of growth, according to data released by University of...
Lardaro: R.I.’s recovery slows in Aug., ‘choppy performance’ expected going forward
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island economy continued to expand in August, but slowed as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to impact the state's economy.
The state's...
Lardaro: R.I. economy posts highest possible CCI value in July
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island economic recovery from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated in earnest in July.
The state's current conditions index value...
Lardaro: R.I. economy continued to recover in June
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s Current Conditions Index indicated economic expansion in June, both from one year prior and the previous month, according to University...
Some economists think the pandemic-fueled national recession lasted just two months,...
The National Bureau of Economic Research’s Business Cycle Dating Committee on July 19 said the pandemic-fueled national recession lasted just two months, ending in...
Lardaro: May economic data suggests R.I. is in early stage of...
PROVIDENCE – Economic data from May suggests that Rhode Island has likely entered the early stages of a recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, according...
Lardaro: Rhode Island’s economy is beginning to recover
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island's economy expanded for the first time in a long time year over year in April, especially in retail sales, payroll...
Lardaro: Rhode Island economy ‘clearly in better place’
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island economy continued to contract year over year in March but is sustaining improvement, especially in manufacturing, according to University...