Economy

Gas prices in California may have peaked, at least for now. The average price for one gallon of regular gasoline dropped more than six cents last week after rising substantially early in the month, according to multiple published reports. Even with that drop, California is paying more for gasoline than …

Regional and state unemployment were basically unchanged in January, according to data released Tuesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Twenty four states had drops in employment compared with December, eight had increases and 18 and the District of Columbia had no change, according to the department’s monthly report …

California should see steady job growth between now and the end of 2017, according to a report released Thursday. Statewide employment should grow 2.4 percent this year, 2.2 percent next year and 1.5 percent in 2017, according the economic forecast released Thursday by the Anderson School of Management at UCLA. …

The Inland Empire added 52,600 jobs between January 2014 and January of this year, the state of California has announced. That was nearly a 4.2 percent increase in all jobs not related to agriculture, according to data released Tuesday by the state Employment Development Department. “It’s a solid number,” said …

California’s unemployment rate continued to improve in January. The state’s jobless rate fell to 6.9 percent during the first month of the year, a modest drop compared with December but down from 8.1 percent in January 2014, according to the state Employment Development Department. California added 67,300 jobs in January. …

Unemployment fell in all 50 states and the District of Columbia last year. Overall, the national jobless rate fell to 6.2 percent in 2014, a year-over-year drop of 1.2 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Perhaps even more encouraging, the employment-population ratio – which measures the percentage …