Economy

Approximately 197 million people went shopping during the five-day Thanksgiving Weekend, according to data released Dec. 3. That is second only to last year’s record of 200.4 million U.S. shoppers who bought gifts at least once starting on Thanksgiving Day and ending Cyber Monday, the National Retail Federation in Washington, …

Fifty four percent of U.S. consumers say they expect to give out clothes or clothing accessories as gifts this holiday season, according to a report. A record number of people (183.4 million) are expected to shop during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend and a new survey from the National Retail Federation and …

A little more than 183 million people say they will shop in store or online during the Thanksgiving Day weekend. If that forecast is correct, it will top last year’s record of 182 million shoppers during the five-day weekend that begins Thanksgiving Day, and lasts through Cyber Monday, according to …

California lost 5,500 non-agricultural jobs in October, according data released by the Employment Development Department. That follows a month in which the state added a revised 12,700 non-farming jobs, the department reported Nov. 15. The state’s adjusted unemployment rate in October – 5.4 percent – was essentially unchanged from September. …

U.S. retailers are adding a healthy number of seasonal hires for the upcoming holiday shopping season, although not quite as many as they did one year ago, according to a forecast. Stores will hire approximately 520,000 temporary workers to help them with this year’s Christmas rush, slightly under the 564,200 …

Inland Empire manufacturing continued to grow in October despite a drop in production within the two-county region, according to a report. The purchasing managers index last month was 53.3, down from 56.2 in September, according to the Institute of Applied Research and Policy Analysis at Cal State San Bernardino. A …