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Manufacturing in the Inland Empire is on fire. The region’s purchasing managers index in March was 62.8, a slight increase from February but well above the 50 benchmark that measures whether local manufacturing is getting larger or smaller, the Institute of Applied Research and Policy Analysis at Cal State San …

California’s unemployment rate fell to 4.3 percent in February, as state employers added approximately 14,000 non-farming jobs to their payrolls. The unemployment number is a record low dating back to 1976, according to the monthly jobs report released today by the State Employment Development Department. Year-over-year, California’s jobless rate fell …

The U.S. economy added 313,000 jobs in February, and the nation’s unemployment rate remained at 4.1 percent, according to data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The jobs added in February far exceeded January when 239,000 jobs were filled, a revised number, the bureau reported. That means more …

California is outdistancing the nation in job growth, in part because of the number of jobs being added in the Inland Empire, according to a report recently released. The two-county region, along with the San Joaquin Valley and Sacramento, are adding more jobs – and at a faster rate – …

The Inland Empire recorded a 4.5 percent unemployment rate in January, up from a revised 4.2 percent in December, according to data released Wednesday. That was well below the 5.8 percent January jobless rate that was predicted for Riverside and San Bernardino counties one year ago, the state Employment Development …

Manufacturing in the Inland Empire refuses to slow down. The region’s purchasing managers index in February was 59.1, two points higher than it was in January and well above the 50 benchmark that determines whether manufacturing is expanding or contracting, according to data. Perhaps most important of all, February was …