Economy

California added 28,300 non-agricultural jobs in March, and recorded a 5.3 percent unemployment rate for the second consecutive month, according to a recent report. The state has added jobs for 47 consecutive months while adding 3,062,700 jobs since April 2020, the state Employment Development reported. That’s an average of 62,500 …

The Inland Empire industrial market recorded a 5.9 percent vacancy rate in the first quarter, as net absorption fell for the second time in a year. Five lease transactions of at least one million square feet were signed during the first three months of 2024, only two less than were …

California’s export trade reached $13.7 billion in February, up 2.6 percent from exactly one year earlier, according to data released April 8. At the same time, exports of manufactured goods rose 1.3 percent year-over-year, while the state’s overseas shipments of agricultural products and raw materials increased 8.6 percent compared with …

In December, Calmatters published an ominous forecast of California’s economy heading into 2024. “Danger Signs For California’s Economy” read the headline. The nonprofit, nonpartisan news website that covers California exclusively then spelled out disturbing trends that were starting to roil the state’s economy. Rising unemployment, a budget surplus that turned …

Retail accounted for 55 million full and part-time jobs in the United States in 2022, enough to make up 26 percent of the U.S. workforce, according to a study. Retail also contributed $3 trillion to the U.S. economy in 2022, or 20 percent of the labor income – the amount …

The Inland Empire’s manufacturing sector is growing again. Not by much, but it’s growing. The region’s purchasing managers index in March was 50.8, down from 52.1 the month before, according to the Institute of Applied Research and Policy Analysis at Cal State San Bernardino. A decline is never good news, …