Surveys Show Mixed Views Of Business Climate
Associated Industries of Massachusetts reported Monday that employers grew more confident in April despite high inflation and the economic contraction in the first quarter.
Lenders Confront Cautious Business Borrowers
COVID-19 vaccines have started landing in the arms of Massachusetts’ first responders and nursing home residents. But for now, businesses remain cautious about expansion plans for 2021, changing the characters of some banks’ commercial loan portfolios and increasing their share of real estate loans.
Baker’s New Business Curfew Comes in for Criticism
Leaders of two business groups criticized Gov. Charlie Baker’s new public health orders issued yesterday which require restaurants and many other public-facing firms to close early.
