Economy

Citizens Business Bank will present its sixth annual Inland Empire Economic Forecast Conference Sept. 24 at Citizens Business Bank  Arena. The conference, which is scheduled to be held from 7 a.m. to 10:15 a.m., will be hosted by the Inland Empire Center for Economics and Public Policy at Claremont McKenna …

Manufacturing in the Inland Empire took a fall last month. The region’s purchasing managers index fell to 46.6 in August, down from 54.3 in July, according to the Institute of Applied Research & Policy Analysis at Cal State San Bernardino, which released its monthly index on the Inland region’s marketing …

Californians who are planning to get out of town this Labor Day weekend might catch a break at the gas pump. As of Tuesday, state motorists were paying an average of $3.38 cents for a gallon of regular gasoline, about 45 cents less than they were paying one year ago, …

California’s unemployment rate fell to 6.2 percent in July, essentially unchanged from June, the state reported Friday. State employers added 80,600 non-agricultural jobs last month. California has added more than two million jobs since the recovery began in February 2010, according the state Employment Development Department. Year-over-year, California’s unemployment rate …

School is just around the corner, but some people are apparently taking their time with their back-to-school shopping. Families with children in kindergarten through 12th grades on average report having completed only half of their shopping for the upcoming school year, according to data released Wednesday by the National Retail …

California motorists are finally getting some relief at the gas pump. The average price of a gallon of regular gasoline fell two cents Tuesday to $3.56, the 15th consecutive day that price decreased, according to AAA’s Daily Fuel Gauge Report. California still has the highest average price per gallon in …