{"id":61304,"date":"2013-08-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/second-quarter-stronger-than-anticipated-says-uri-economist\/"},"modified":"2013-08-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-08-13T00:00:00","slug":"second-quarter-stronger-than-anticipated-says-uri-economist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2013\/08\/second-quarter-stronger-than-anticipated-says-uri-economist\/","title":{"rendered":"Second quarter stronger than anticipated says URI economist"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"press-release-import\">\n\t\tWHAT: \tThe second quarter ended on a positive note in Rhode Island, as economic activity remained strong throughout the quarter. The performance of Rhode Island\u2019s economy for June was very good, as the Current Conditions Index registered a value of 75 with nine of 12 indicators improving.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nWHO: \tURI Professor of Economics Leonard Lardaro, creator and author of the Current Conditions Index. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nWHEN: \tFor release today, August 13, 2013<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nHOW: \tUse attached 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:\/\/www.llardaro.com\/current.htm. Lardaro will be blogging about the new labor data during the coming weeks. You can find his discussion and charts at http:\/\/rieconomy.blogspot.com. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nFOR <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nINFORMATION: \tLeonard Lardaro, office, 401-874-4128, home, 401-783-9563<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nDave Lavallee, URI Department of Communications and Marketing, 401-874-2116.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\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<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHAT: The second quarter ended on a positive note in Rhode Island, as economic activity remained strong throughout the quarter. The performance of Rhode Island\u2019s economy for June was very good, as the Current Conditions Index registered a value of 75 with nine of 12 indicators improving. &#13; WHO: URI Professor of Economics Leonard Lardaro, [&hellip;]<\/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-61304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61304","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=61304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61304\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}