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The Inland Empire’s recorded a 3.8 percent unemployment rate in April, down from an adjusted 4.3 percent in March, according to data released today. At the same time, California posted 3.8 percent unemployment while the United States recorded a jobless rate of 3.3 percent, the California Employment Development Department reported. …

April’s purchasing managers index for Riverside and San Bernardino counties is a mixed bag. The good news: the index for the fourth month of the year was 54.2, a sharp drop from March’s 62.2. but above 50 for the 20th consecutive month, meaning the Inland Empire economy is growing and …

The sector that includes entertainment, media and video games has added 70,064 jobs dating back to 2015, including some in the Inland Empire.  Not even the pandemic slowed it down, and it will probably continue to put more high-paying jobs into the state’s economy, according to several analysts.      …

The Inland Empire’s industrial market maintained its torrid pace during the first quarter of 2022, as inventory grew a little more than 618 million square feet during that time. At the same time, industrial vacancy in Riverside and San Bernardino counties fell to 0.6 percent, a record low and the …

California added 60,200 non-agricultural jobs in March, dropping the state’s total unemployed to below one million for the first time since February 2020, one month before the pandemic hit the United States, according to data released today. The state’s unemployment rate fell to 4.9 percent last month, well below the …

San Bernardino County’s labor force has topped one million workers for four consecutive months. The county’s labor force reached a record 1,018,000 individuals in February and is 30,000 ahead of where it was in February 2021, the California Employment Development Department has reported. Only six of California’s 58 counties have …