Economic Indicators

Economic Indicators
May 25
Guest Column:
Edward M. Mazze and Edinaldo Tebaldi

R.I. lags but focus on manufacturing would help a lot

Rhode Island remains behind other states in New England when looking at major economic indicators such as growth of the gross state product and the unemployment rate. However, the state economy is slowly regaining momentum.
Editorials
May 25

Manufacturing in R.I. is modern and strong

Last week’s World Trade Day, the 28th edition of the annual Bryant University event, and the largest of its kind in the Northeast, if not the country, had an added bonus.
Economic Indicators
May 25
Bloomberg News

Sales of existing homes climb to three-year high

Sales of previously owned U.S. homes climbed in April to the highest level in more than three years even as the market remained constrained by a lack of inventory and strict borrowing rules.
Housing
May 24

Report: Affordable housing ‘essential’ to R.I. growth

Workers in Rhode Island’s three most-frequently employed occupation groups earn less than needed to afford the average two-bedroom apartment in the Ocean State, according to HousingWorks RI’s spring affordable housing report.

Economic Indicators
May 23

R.I. outlook ranks 45th on ‘Rich States, Poor States’ report

Rhode Island’s economic outlook ranked No. 45 among the 50 states according to the 2013 ALEC-Laffer State Economic Competitiveness Index released by the American Legislative Exchange Council. Rhode Island’s No. 45 rank represented a slip from last year’s report, in which the Ocean State ranked No. 43.
Economic Indicators
May 23

Metro area foreclosure, delinquency rates fall in March

The Providence-Fall River-New Bedford area foreclosure rate fell 0.11 percentage points for March compared with the same period in 2012, CoreLogic said Thursday.
Trade
May 23

Exports from R.I. fall 5.1% in March

Exports from the Ocean State fell 5.1 percent in March to $183.1 million on a month-to-month, seasonally adjusted basis after falling 15.3 percent in February, according to an international trade statistics report from e-forecasting.com.
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