{"id":66676,"date":"2008-06-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-economist-says-states-economy-shows-hint-of-improvement\/"},"modified":"2008-06-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-16T00:00:00","slug":"uri-economist-says-states-economy-shows-hint-of-improvement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2008\/06\/uri-economist-says-states-economy-shows-hint-of-improvement\/","title":{"rendered":"äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ economist says state\u2019s economy shows hint of improvement"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tWHAT: \tWhile 2008 has been a very difficult year for Rhode Island\u2019s economy, the second quarter began with signs of possible improvement ahead. The Current Conditions Index for April rose to 17 from its recurring value of 8 for January through April. However, April\u2019s value of 17 shows that the recession is continuing. Fifty is a neutral value for the index; anything higher than 50 reflects expansion, anything below reflects decline.<\/p>\n


\nWHO: \tProfessor Leonard Lardaro, creator and author of the Current Conditions Index. <\/p>\n


\nWHEN: \t\tFor release today, June 16, 2008<\/p>\n


\nHOW: \tUse enclosed information, including summary and charts prepared by Lardaro for news reports. He is available for broadcast and print interviews. The new information and other historical information can also be found on Lardaro\u2019s web site at http:\/\/members.cox.net\/lardaro\/current.htm.<\/p>\n


\nFOR

\nINFORMATION: \tLeonard Lardaro, office, 401-874-4128, home, 401-783-9563

\nDave Lavallee, äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ Department of Communications, 401-874-2116.<\/p>\n


\nBACKGROUND: \tThe Current Conditions Index, created by Lardaro, measures the strength of the present economic climate in R.I. by following the behavior of 12 indicators. <\/p>\n

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WHAT: While 2008 has been a very difficult year for Rhode Island\u2019s economy, the second quarter began with signs of possible improvement ahead. The Current Conditions Index for April rose to 17 from its recurring value of 8 for January through April. However, April\u2019s value of 17 shows that the recession is continuing. Fifty is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66676\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}