Lardaro has been conducting analyses and forecasts of Rhode Island’s economy since 1991, focusing on its labor and housing markets, demographic factors, and the income created by the state’s economy. Lardaro is interviewed frequently by national and regional news media about the Rhode Island economy.
He has presented these forecasts at a series of regional Revenue Estimation and Caseload conferences. In 1995, he formulated and began to publish the Current Conditions Index for Rhode Island, a monthly indicator of the present state of the economy. In 1999, he created and published the Jobless Improvement Index, a measure that gauges each state’s unemployment rate “momentum.” Lardaro has held many government committee and council positions such as the Market Information Committee for the Human Resource Investment Council. In May of 2008, he was selected by Gov. Donald Carcieri to serve on the Rhode Island Tax Policy Strategy Workgroup.
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