Massachusetts’s Spring Housing Bust
The Massachusetts spring housing market was supposed to be buzzing and more affordable this year. The sluggish market we actually got has been anything but that.
Mass Businesses Concerned About Rent Control
It’s not just the war with Iran: Businesses in Massachusetts are also concerned about the potential for rent control in the state, according to the latest survey from a major statewide business group.
Survey: Employer Confidence Sank Lower in April
Tariff policies and national political developments slid Massachusetts employers further into a state of pessimism in April.
Business Conditions in Mass. Favorable Headed into Fall
A pair of new surveys of local companies show business conditions in Massachusetts are favorable headed into the final quarter of the year.
Affordability and Housing Remain Top of Mind for Mass. Biz Outlook
At the Associated Industries of Massachusetts’ annual outlook event surveying the future of the Massachusetts economy, housing affordability and production were top of mind.
U.S. Growth Lifts Mass. Employer Confidence
Massachusetts businesses kicked off the new year with a sunny disposition, with business confidence among employers surveyed by Associated Industries of Massachusetts rising to an 11-month high in January.
Prospect of Soft Landing Helping to Lift Employer Confidence
Bay State businesses are feeling a summertime dash of sunshine, with AIM’s Business Confidence Index back in an optimistic range for the first time since April.
Talent Shortage Helps Keep Mass. Biz Confidence in Pessimistic Zone
Workforce shortages continue to hamper business confidence, with an index encompassing 140 Massachusetts employers barely showing signs of improvement in June.
Thomson Takes Reins of Business Group AIM
A leadership transition is underway at Associated Industries of Massachusetts, one that will see president and CEO John Regan hand the reins of one of the state’s leading business groups to Executive Vice President for Government Affairs Brooke Thomson at the end of this year.
AIM CEO Rings Alarm on ‘Dire’ Challenges
The potent hiring and retention challenges facing Massachusetts employers have been well-documented for months, and one of the state’s leading business voices has growing concerns that the existing workforce challenges are “merely a harbinger of things to come.”
Business Confidence Slips In September
Confidence among Massachusetts employers dropped in September after three months of growth, reflecting increased concerns about inflation and financial strain on the horizon.
Mass. Businesses Found More Confidence in August
Confidence among Massachusetts employers rose again in August, despite ongoing worries about inflation, recession and hiring challenges, a new survey says.
Mass. Employer Confidence Rebounds Unevenly in Latest Survey
A strong outlook among manufacturers and a sense among all employers that economic conditions are improving helped drive business confidence up in July to a level not seen since before the COVID-19 pandemic, Associated Industries of Massachusetts said.
Business Confidence High as Spring Starts
Business confidence in Massachusetts surged to an outright enthusiastic level in March, buoyed by COVID-19 vaccination progress and the final passage of a $1.9 trillion federal spending law.
Business Confidence Nearly in Optimistic Territory
Business confidence in Massachusetts rebounded in June in lockstep with the reopening of economic sectors that had been sealed off by government order to guard against the spread of COVID-19.
Business Confidence Edges Up After Dismal March, April
Business confidence remains in pessimistic territory, but analysts said Tuesday that a major employer survey is beginning to show signs of a brightening view now that Massachusetts has begun to restart economic activity.
After Steep Drop, Mass. Biz Confidence Nudges Lower
Business confidence slid further into negative territory as Massachusetts employers dealt with financial fallout of the coronavirus pandemic and uncertainty about re-opening plans in April, but remains above its all-time low during the Great Recession
Mass. Employer Confidence Takes Historic Nosedive
Already worried to start the year about the possibility of an economic slowdown, the confidence of Bay State employers in the economy in the midst of the global coronavirus pandemic plummeted in March to near-Great Recession levels.
Mass. Employers Remain Confident Amidst Uncertainty
Massachusetts employers remained cautiously optimistic about their prospects last month, according to confidence index results released Tuesday.
Employer Confidence on Upswing in October
Confidence among employers in Massachusetts continued its up-and-down trajectory in October, when the business community felt more optimistic about things.
