Economy

The U.S. economy added 160,000 non-agricultural jobs in April, a decent showing but a slowdown compared with the previous six months. Nationwide, the unemployment rate remained at five percent last month, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s monthly jobs report, which was released Friday. The department also revised down …

Manufacturing in the Inland Empire remained solid during April, according to data released Monday. The region’s purchasing manage’s index last month was 52.3, up slightly compared with March, according to the Institute of Applied Research and Policy Analysis at Cal State San Bernardino. It was also the fourth consecutive month …

California’s unemployment rate dropped to 5.4 percent in March, as the state added 4,200 non-agricultural jobs during the third month of the year. That figure was essentially unchanged from February – 5.5 percent – but it represented a drop of more than one percent year-over-year, according to data released Friday …

Apartment residents in the Inland Empire should expect to pay more in rent during the next two years. Average multifamily rental rates are expected to increase by $84 in Riverside and San Bernardino counties through 2018, according to the annual USC Casden Multifamily Forecast, which was released Wednesday. That’s a …

Manufacturing in the Inland Empire continued to grow during March, but not by very much. The region’s purchasing managers index last month was 51.7, down from 56.4 in February, according to the Inland Empire Report on Business, which was released Friday. That’s a classic “good news-bad news” scenario: on the …

The U.S. economy added 242,000 jobs in February, according to data released Friday. Despite that, the national unemployment rate remained at 4.9 percent, unchanged compared with January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in its monthly jobs study. Most of those job gains happened in health care [57,000], retail …