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How does Massachusetts stack up in the economic battle among states? A new benchmark offers an in-depth look.

How does Massachusetts stack up in the economic battle among states? A new benchmark offers an in-depth look.

By Larry Edelman To paraphrase a popular business maxim — most frequently attributed to management guru Peter Drucker — you can’t improve what you don’t measure. To that end, a leading business group on Monday unveiled the Massachusetts Competitive Index, a new gauge of the state’s economic strengths and weaknesses designed to show how we compare against […]

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Fed Cuts Rates by Half Percentage Point

Fed Cuts Rates by Half Percentage Point

By Nick Timiraos The Federal Reserve voted to lower interest rates by a half percentage point, opting for a bolder start in making its first reduction since 2020. The long-anticipated pivot followed an all-out fight against inflation the central bank launched two years ago. Eleven of 12 Fed voters backed the cut, which will bring the […]

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Can ChatGPT recession-proof a company? Some businesses are banking on it.

Can ChatGPT recession-proof a company? Some businesses are banking on it.

By Andy Medici – Senior Reporter, The Playbook, The Business Journals Small-business owners are worried about how long they could survive a potential recession, but many believe AI tools like ChatGPT could help them weather an economic downturn. A survey of 700 business owners by B2B Reviews found about 25% of businesses believe they couldn’t last more than […]

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CRE Investment Volume Climbs 10% in Q2

CRE Investment Volume Climbs 10% in Q2

Both gateway and Sun Belt markets recorded strong growth. U.S. commercial real estate investment volume rose 10 percent year-over-year in the second quarter of 2022, to $167 billion, with industrial and logistics investments providing nearly $32 billion of the total and office $24 billion, according to a recent CBRE report. Trailing four-quarter volume totaled a […]

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The U.S. Economy Is in Serious Trouble if Latinx Founders Don’t Get More Funding. Here’s Why:

The U.S. Economy Is in Serious Trouble if Latinx Founders Don’t Get More Funding. Here’s Why:

By Arnobio Morelix Latinx founders are the fastest-growing group of entrepreneurs in America–but their businesses are struggling to scale. While the percentage of Americans running a business has stagnated at 6.2 percent over the past two decades, Latinx founders have rocketed from 6.5 percent of all entrepreneurs in 2001 to 15 percent as of 2019, making them […]

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