Economy

California recorded a 4.7 percent unemployment rate in June, while losing an estimated 1,400 non-agricultural jobs, according to data released Friday. The unemployment rate, which was unchanged from May, matched the record low recorded in November-December 2000, the state Employment Development Department. By comparison, the national unemployment rate in June …

Manufacturing in the Inland Empire grew for the sixth consecutive month in May, although not as strongly as it expanded in previous months. The region’s purchasing managers index during May was 54.8, Cal State San Bernardino’s Institute of Applied Research and Policy Analysis reported Monday. That’s a sharp decline from …

Who says California is among the top logistics market in the United States? That may be accepted wisdom here, but it’s not necessarily an accurate perception, according to a study released earlier this month. The Golden State was given a B-minus in overall logistics health by Conexus, Indiana, a private …

California’s unemployment rate fell to 4.7 percent in May, as state businesses added approximately 17,600 jobs, according to data released Friday. That equals the lowest jobless rate recorded in California since November 2000, the Employment Development Department reported in its monthly study of California’s job market. The percentage was down …

The Inland Empire added 20.6 million square feet of industrial-logistical space and had another 16.7 million under construction during 2015, far outdistancing Los Angeles and Orange counties in those categories, according to a report released Monday. Much of that activity in Riverside and San Bernardino counties was driven by the …

There was good news and not-so-good news in the jobs report released by the U.S. Department of Labor on Friday. The good news was that the national unemployment rate declined to 4.3 percent, 16-year low, during May. The not-so-good news was that the economy added only 138,000 non-agricultural jobs last …