Economy

At least for now, California motorists are enjoying a break at the gas pump. As of this morning, the average price of a gallon of regular gasoline statewide was $3.26, down from $3.33 one week ago and $3.82 last year at this time, according to AAA’s Daily Fuel Gauge Report. …

California added more jobs between July of 2014 and July of this year than any other state. The state, which has seen its unemployment rate drop six points since the worst part of the recession in February 2010, added 494,000 non-farm jobs during that period, according to the California Economic …

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 …