Tag: Strategas Research Partners
PBN summit: With recession looming, R.I. economy faces big test
The predicted downturn in 2023 will test Rhode Island’s business owners in a state that has yet to adequately prepare its labor force with...
Economist at PBN summit: Job market remains crucial question mark
Thomas Tzitzouris sees jobs as the big economic “wild card” in 2023.
A labor market characterized by low unemployment can have a downside for businesses...
It’s not if but when on recession, so get ready
Inflation and a looming recession have weighed heavily on local business owners and state leaders for months. And with good reason, as this week’s...
If a recession comes this year, how will it affect the...
Thomas Tzitzouris, head of fixed income research at Strategas Research Partners, expects the Federal Reserve will raise its benchmark interest rate until it maxes...
Plenty of challenges ahead, but which to solve first?
Inflation. Supply chain bottlenecks. Worker shortages.
The pandemic-induced fires are spreading fast, and companies are struggling to figure out which ones to put out first.
Local...
Economist: Inflation isn’t going to fade soon
To those grappling with skyrocketing prices, Thomas Tzitzouris has bad news: price hikes aren’t going away anytime soon.
Inflation will continue to be the story...
PBN Economic Summit: Inflation, labor woes will endure
PROVIDENCE – Like any good business owner, Craig Pickell documents every cost increase incurred by his Lincoln manufacturing company, Bullard Abrasives Inc.
But the year-end...
The recipe for recovery? Depends on whom you ask
Point of view matters, perhaps now more than ever.
Indeed, panelists at Providence Business News’ Economic Trends Summit on Feb. 18 painted very different pictures...
Economist: ‘This is one of those key moment of the decade’
While many Americans see the COVID-19 vaccine as the barometer of their year, Thomas Tzitzouris is watching a very different event to determine how...
PBN Economic Summit: Long-term crisis looms after stimulus runs out
PROVIDENCE – Fiscal stimulus and mass vaccinations should bring short-term economic relief, but a long-term crisis marked by structural unemployment, inflation and a bond...