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Retail sales unchanged in December from November, closing out year on...

NEW YORK (AP) – Shoppers pulled back the pace of their spending in December from November, closing out the holiday shopping season and the...
HANDIWORK: Tool maker Bobby Bianca operates a milling machine on the production floor at Warwick Hanger Co. in Westerly. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

MEET THE MAKERS: Westerly factory specializes in crucial, mostly concealed, construction...

(Editor’s note: This is the 41st installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s ­unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...

More thrifting and fewer returns, the early trends that defined shopping...

NEW YORK (AP) – The shopping rush leading up to Christmas is over and in its place, like every year, another has begun as...

Consumer confidence slides in December to lowest level since U.S. tariffs...

WASHINGTON (AP) – Consumers' confidence in the economy was shaken in December as Americans grow anxious about high prices and the impact of President Donald...

U.S. economy expands at a surprisingly strong 4.3% annual rate in...

WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. economy expanded at a surprisingly strong 4.3% annual rate in the third quarter, the most rapid expansion in two...

Fed’s preferred inflation gauge stayed elevated in September as spending weakened

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation changed little in September, likely easing the way to a widely expected interest rate...
STRING SKILLS: Machine operator Maria Dacruz works on the production floor of Neocorp Inc., a standard and technical rope and bungee cord maker in Pawtucket. Neocorp is among the local manufacturers that have dealt with inflated tariffs in 2025. 
PBN PHOTO/
MICHAEL SALERNO

THE TOLL OF TARIFFS: Factories under strain as they try to...

If there was one thing Rose Wood had been able to count on as a buyer at Pawtucket manufacturer Neocorp Inc., it was that...
FINAL TOUCHES: Manufacturing technician Noel Laflamme sets up a job on the laser cutter at metal fabricator Ward’s Manufacturing LLC in Warren.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

For Ward’s, survival of tariffs required complete overhaul of business

Less than a year ago, Kelly Ward, co-founder and president of Ward’s Manufacturing LLC, envisioned that the company would be spending the spring and...
NOT HELPING: Machine operator Maria Dacruz works on the production floor of Neocorp Inc. The Pawtucket company says long-term planning has been disrupted by tariff-induced price increases. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

R.I. manufacturers not profiting from ongoing trade wars

It’s not that manufacturers are unaccustomed to dealing with price hikes or supply chain disruptions. The pandemic is an all-too-recent reminder of economic upheaval...

Despite U.S. trade war, OECD expects global economy will grow 3.2%...

WASHINGTON (AP) – The world economy has proven surprisingly durable in the face of President Donald Trump’s trade wars, the Organization for Economic Cooperation...
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