Tag: October
Updated flu and COVID-19 vaccines available at CVS
WOONSOCKET – CVS Health Corp. announced the updated 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccines and flu vaccines are available at pharmacy and MinuteClinic locations.
Walk-ins are accepted at...
Average long-term U.S. mortgage rate falls slightly, easing borrowing costs for...
LOS ANGELES (AP) – The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate fell slightly this week, welcome news for home shoppers facing rising prices and a...
Retail sales up 0.3% in November, showing how Americans continue to...
NEW YORK (AP) – Americans picked up their spending from October to November as the unofficial holiday season kicked off, underscoring that shoppers still...
Lardaro: Disappointing October keeps R.I. in ‘statistical recession’
PROVIDENCE – After a disappointing October, Rhode Island remains in a “statistical recession,” University of Rhode Island economist and professor Leonard Lardaro said in...
U.S. job openings fall to lowest level since March 2021 as...
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. employers posted 8.7 million job openings in October, the fewest since March 2021, in a sign that hiring is cooling...
Unemployment rate in Providence metro rises to 2.8% in October
PROVIDENCE – The unadjusted unemployment rate in the Providence-Warwick metropolitan area was 2.8% in October, up from 2.4% in September but a decrease from...
Consumers more confident in November as holiday shopping season kicks into...
After declining for three straight months, American consumer confidence ticked up in November as the all-important holiday shopping season kicks into high gear.
The Conference...
U.S. home sales slumped to slowest pace in more than 13...
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slumped in October to their slowest pace in more than 13 years as surging...
Median home sale price up 7.7% in October in Bristol County,...
PROVIDENCE – The median price of single-family homes sold in Bristol County, Mass., rose to $480,000 in October, a 7.7% jump over the same...
R.I. monthly unemployment rises slightly to 2.7%
CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment in October was 2.7%, one-tenth of a percentage point higher than the previous month, the R.I. Department...