Economy

An estimated $9.1 billion and 41,000 jobs were added to the Inland Empire economy from 2010 to 2016, the result of clean air initiatives and the battle to stop climate change, a study has found. Indirectly, that spending created more than 73,000 jobs and pumped approximately $14.2 billion into the …

Manufacturing in the Inland Empire grew for the seventh consecutive month in July. The region’s purchasing managers index last month was 58.3, a month-over-month increase of 3.5, according to a report released Wednesday by the Institute of Applied Research and Policy Analysis at Cal State San Bernardino. Fifty or above …

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 …