December 22, 2014Edition

Bankers in Central Massachusetts are keeping one eye on the local economy for signs of recovery and...

Higher education, an anchor industry for Greater Worcester, is working harder today to maintain enrollments at or...

Consumers often struggle to comprehend how medical bills quickly add up to astronomical amounts, and lament layoffs...

If you thought 2014 was a good year, 2015 will be even better. That's the conclusion we've drawn from our annual Economic Forecast Survey conducted last month. Read the promising results, and much more, in our 2014 Economic Forecast issue.

While residential real estate in the Bay State continues to recover, 2014 saw commercial organizations grabbing office...

Manufacturing continues to struggle in Central Massachusetts, with both national and regional factors to blame. Like prior years, 2015 will continue to be a building year for manufacturing in the state.

The energy sector has a lot of moving parts, and like the grid, they're all interconnected. With new government policies driving a push to clean energy adoption, suppliers of fossil fuel-based energy face their share of challenges in the year ahead. Meanwhile, transitioning to a system based on renewable energy remains an arduous process in a world still powered largely by fossil fuels. This translates into higher energy costs for consumers and businesses, but is there light at the end of the tunnel?

There was more optimism among Central Massachusetts business leaders heading into 2014. There's even more heading into 2015. Here are the results of this year's Economic Forecast survey, along with out predictions for the year ahead and our report card on how our predictions for 2014 turned out.