Ocean State not as bad off as employment data suggest
'Happy days are not here again, but we are not ready to fall off a cliff.'
By Patrick Anderson PBN Staff Writer
When University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro began working as a forecaster for the New England Economic Partnership in 1991, he realized the Ocean State was not getting the kind of detailed economic analysis happening elsewhere. Seeing an opportunity to fill that gap, Lardaro developed his Current Conditions Index for Rhode Island that 11 years later is relied on to provide a barometer of the state’s economic health. More
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