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Stay invested amid talk of recession

Are we in a recession? If not, how likely is it and when? It sounds all too similar to the start of 2025 for local...

PBN’s 2026 Economic Trends Summit being held Jan. 22

PROVIDENCE – Insights on economic development and projected trends for Rhode Island’s economy and key industries this year will be discussed during Providence Business...
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Tariffs a way to fix imbalanced tax strategy

Despite the claims by many politicians that expenses such as housing and college loans are the greatest challenges that keep American families from building...
WHAT’S AHEAD? R.I. Commerce Secretary Elizabeth M. Tanner, far left, talks about what businesses can expect in the coming months during Providence Business News’ 2025 Economic Trends Summit on Jan. 30 at the Providence Marriott. With her on the panel, from left, are Leeds Mitchell IV, principal broker and partner at MG Commercial Real Estate Services Inc.; Sylvia Maxfield, interim provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Providence College; Harold M. Horvat, Centreville Bank chairman, CEO and president; Edwin “Ted” Carr, Providence director of economic development; and Kristen Adamo, CEO and president of the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau. PBN Editor Michael Mello, standing, moderates.
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PBN summit: Panelists say several sectors feeling vulnerable

R.I. Secretary of Commerce Elizabeth M. Tanner had one piece of advice for businesses and organizations in Rhode Island that buy products overseas during...

Providence Business News’ 2025 Economic Trends Summit slated for Jan. 30

PROVIDENCE – Insights on economic development and projected trends for Rhode Island’s economy this year will be discussed during Providence Business News’ 2025 Economic...
Thomas ­Tzitzouris

Price controls are a recipe for big problems

One topic in economics where theory and experience are in complete agreement is that price controls don’t work at lowering inflation. In fact, theory...

U.S. housing finance plan a risk to taxpayers

You may have seen the news that the Federal Housing Finance Agency has given an initial thumbs-up to a plan to allow Freddie Mac,...
GROWTH ­BARRIER: Thomas Tzitzouris, head of fixed income research at Strategas Research Partners, tells attendees of Providence Business News’ recent Economic Trends Summit that limited small-business creation is a weak spot in the state’s economy. 
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Glass half empty or full, economy needs biz investment to soar

Whatever your opinion is about the health of Rhode Island’s economy, there’s data to support it. If you think there’s cause for celebration, avoiding to...
ECONOMIC STIMULUS: Thomas Tzitzouris, head of fixed income research at Strategas Research Partners, tells attendees of Providence Business News’ Economic Trends Summit that the U.S. Treasury has been performing CPR lately – “consumer purchase resuscitation.” 
PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Influence of election cycle on economic policy is questioned

The 2024 race for the White House is already influencing federal economic policy and market behavior and will continue to do so until voters...
R.I. COMMERCE SECRETARY Elizabeth M. Tanner, second from left, discusses the state's economic picture at Providence Business News' Economic Trends Summit on Wednesday morning at the Providence Marriott. Also participating in the panel discussion is, from left, William C. Tsonos, Bank Rhode Island CEO and president; Thomas Sweeney, owner and principal of Sweeney Real Estate & Appraisal; Marianne Raimondo, dean of the Rhode Island College School of Business; and Kristen Adamo, president of the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau. The discussion was moderated by PBN Editor Michael Mello, far right. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN summit: A soft landing for economy that’s still ‘fragile underneath’

PROVIDENCE – The likelihood of a recession, once thought inevitable, will be forestalled or fail to materialize, at least within the next 12 to...
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