Economy

California added 558,200 jobs from May to June, and the state unemployment rate fell to 14.9 percent during that time, according to data released Friday. Leisure and hospitality added the most jobs, at 292,500, the result of bars and dine-in restaurants reopening statewide, the California Employment Development Department reported. Construction …

California’s unemployment rate remained high in May despite the addition of 141,600 jobs, the result of the state economy’s gradual reopening. The jobless rate last month was 16.3 percent, essentially unchanged from the revised 16.4 percent for April, the state Employment Development Department reported. California’s unemployment rate in May, 2019 …

The Inland Empire will likely lose 70,600 jobs this year because of COVID-19, according to a recent forecast.  That would be a 4.5 percent drop – from 1,556,900 jobs to 1,486,300 jobs  – between 2019 and 2020, longtime Inland economist John Husing predicted in his most recent quarterly report on …

The federal government’s employment report for April wasn’t the disaster a lot of people expected it to be. Whether it was a blip or a sign that the economy has absorbed the worst blows from COVID-19, remains to be seen. What to make of the U.S. jobs report for May? …

Inland Empire manufacturing roared back in May, one month after one of its worst month’s ever. The region’s purchasing managers index was 56.9, up from an abysmal 41.8 in April, the Institute of Applied Research and Policy Analysis at Cal State San Bernardino reported Monday. That’s good news, but it …

California jobless rate hit 15.5 percent in April, as employers eliminated a record 2.3 million jobs, according to data. About one-fifth of the state’s workforce was put out of work last month, as every major industrial sector in the state recorded job losses, the state Employment Development Department reported. Because …