Tag: Rhode Island Economy
Lardaro: Economy keeps accelerating
PROVIDENCE – The state's economy continued to accelerate in September, expanding for the 18th consecutive month, University of Rhode Island economist and professor Leonard Lardaro...
Lardaro: Acceleration of R.I. economy quickens
PROVIDENCE – The pace of Rhode Island’s economic recovery has picked up speed, expanding for the 17th consecutive month in August, University of Rhode...
Lardaro: R.I. economy shows signs of accelerating
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s economy expanded for the 16th consecutive month in July and there were hints of an accelerating pace of activity, University...
Lardaro: There’s little to cheer about for R.I.’s economy
PROVIDENCE – Parts of Rhode Island's economy are moving in the right direction, but signs of hope continue to be blunted by ongoing issues,...
Economist: R.I. in recession due to COVID-19, unemployment could reach nearly...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has been plunged into a deep recession by the impact of COVID-19 and won’t begin to recover until the final...
BEA: R.I. GDP increased at annualized 2.9% in Q3 2018
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s gross domestic product increased at a 2.9 percent seasonally adjusted, annualized rate in the third quarter of 2018, according to...
2019 Book of Lists premieres at Providence Public Library event
PROVIDENCE – Roughly 320 mingled and networked at Providence Business News’ event that unveiled the 2019 Book of Lists Thursday night at the Providence...
R.I. economy doing well, say leaders, but it could do better
In the summer of 2008, before the crash, before the Great Recession, before, well, before a whole lot of the changes that now define...
Slack attitude revealed by biz survey
Providence Business News’ biannual Business Survey has been providing a peek into the mindset of the region’s businesses for a decade now.
When the Great...