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National Survey By Provident Bank Finds Businesses Expect Economy To Improve In 2024 Despite Inflation The 2024 Economic Outlook Survey revealed 61% of businesses expect to increase hiring in 2024…

Understanding the Math behind Recent Inflation Trends Following the release of a recent monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, I noticed some conflicting headlines among news stories. Here are just a few:…

PSE&G Files Clean Energy Future – Energy Efficiency II Program Comprehensive Energy Efficiency II Program Targets Reduction of Nearly 10 Million Metric Tons of Carbon Emissions, Emphasizing Lower Energy Usage…

NJEDA Opens The NJ Capital Access Fund Working capital loans with competitive interest rates and no collateral requirement will support New Jersey small businesses TRENTON, N.J. (November 28, 2023) –…

These Small Business Trends Look to Shape 2024 Another year is nearly in the books. For small business owners, that means the time to start planning for 2024 is now.…

How have the pandemic and online spending affected Black Friday shopping? Analyzing retail trade margins 2009–22 Black Friday and the subsequent weekend are among the biggest shopping events in American…

October 2023 Unemployment Morris County’s unemployment rate for October 2023 was 3.7%, down from 3.9% in September 2023 and up from 2.4% in October 2022. In October 2023, Morris County…

Only 3.8% of Businesses Use AI to Produce Goods, Highest Use in Information Sector   Artificial intelligence (AI) is all the buzz these days, but a U.S. Census Bureau survey…

U.S. Economy Manages to Avoid Recession Projections for 2023   While the commercial real estate sector encountered multiple headwinds in 2023, including a capital markets seizure and a drop in…

NJEDA Opens Applications For Historic Property Reinvestment Program   TRENTON, N.J. (November 6, 2023) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) will open applications for the next round of…