by State House News Service | Jul 18, 2024
As lawmakers attempt to reach a compromise on a bill to grow the state’s housing stock, a new report said that most of the Bay State’s neighbors recently experienced a spike in housing inventory while Massachusetts saw no real change from a year earlier.
by State House News Service | Apr 18, 2024
A recent survey of banking and business contacts around New England found tourism to be a bright spot in the regional economy, one with a “very bullish” outlook for the remainder of 2024.
by State House News Service | Mar 8, 2024
The latest report that the Federal Reserve compiled from banking and business contacts across New England revealed little movement in macroeconomic conditions, but it did indicate that “home sales appeared to turn a corner in recent data.”
by State House News Service | Sep 13, 2023
The Massachusetts economy keeps driving ahead and that recession out on the horizon doesn’t seem to be getting any closer.
by James Sanna | Oct 20, 2022
A “larger number” of industrial real estate acquisition and leasing deals are falling through in New England, according to Federal Reserve officials.
by The Associated Press | Mar 4, 2021
A Federal Reserve survey of business conditions across the United States has found that economic activity was expanding at a modest pace in February.
by Banker & Tradesman | Jan 14, 2021
The latest edition of the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book, a compendium of anecdotes about the state of the nation’s regional economies, is out.
by State House News Service | Dec 3, 2020
The regional economy continued its plodding recovery during October and into November but persistent uncertainty fogs a cautiously optimistic outlook for the coming months.
by Steve Adams | Sep 3, 2020
Increases in sublease activity and hesitation by companies to sign long-term lease renewals are leaving their marks on the once-thriving Boston office market, according to a pair of new reports.
by State House News Service | Sep 3, 2020
Alfresco dining has become an important part of the restaurant industry in Massachusetts, having “dramatically increased” when state government prohibited indoor dining to slow the spread of the coronavirus, analysts at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston said.
by Banker & Tradesman | May 28, 2020
Commercial tenants in New England are seeking lease renewals with shorter terms, the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book has found.
by Banker & Tradesman | Apr 15, 2020
The Federal Reserve’s latest installment of its Beige Book is out, and it reports participants in the residential and commercial real estate industries expressed serious concerns about the health of their respective industries.
by Banker & Tradesman | Apr 17, 2015
Business activity continued to expand in the First...
by Banker & Tradesman | Mar 7, 2014
I thought I’d escaped the drudge of writing weather...