These are important and often asked questions by business people, educators, students, planners, trainers, economists, and the general public of Rhode Island.
Information is needed to make sound life and business decisions for the future.
Industry and occupational projections provide the best information for these decisions. The following projections are based on a model using past and present industry and occupational trends combined with a set of basic assumptions concerning the future. These pages will offers the reader insight into Rhode Island's economic picture to the year 2008.