{"id":62412,"date":"2011-10-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-economist-says-august-data-point-to-states-weak-economic-performance\/"},"modified":"2011-10-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-10-11T00:00:00","slug":"uri-economist-says-august-data-point-to-states-weak-economic-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2011\/10\/uri-economist-says-august-data-point-to-states-weak-economic-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"URI economist says August data point to state\u2019s weak economic performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"press-release-import\">\n\t\tAugust\u2019s Current Conditions Index slides to 42<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nWHAT: \tAugust\u2019s Current Conditions Index fell all the way to 42, a contraction reading, as only five of the 12 indicators improved that month. Rhode Island\u2019s economy has definitely slowed over the past several months.<\/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 October 11, 2011<\/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 be found on Lardaro\u2019s web site at <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\thttp:\/\/www.llardaro.com\/current.htm. You can read Lardaro\u2019s blog at http:\/\/rieconomy.blogspot.com.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nFOR INFORMATION: \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. <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August\u2019s Current Conditions Index slides to 42 &#13; WHAT: August\u2019s Current Conditions Index fell all the way to 42, a contraction reading, as only five of the 12 indicators improved that month. Rhode Island\u2019s economy has definitely slowed over the past several months. &#13; WHO: URI Professor of Economics Leonard Lardaro, creator and author of [&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-62412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62412","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=62412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62412\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}