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Hispanics now make up a majority of the Inland Empire’s population, a federal agency has reported. Fifty point five percent of the population in Riverside and San Bernardino counties is now Hispanic, according to the U.S  Census Bureau’s 2016 American Community Survey, which was released last week. By county, the …

The Inland Empire added 6,800 non-agricultural jobs in August, according to data released Friday. Construction jobs were up 1,200, education and heath care added 800 jobs and the financial sector added 500 positions, the state employment development department reported. Leisure and hospitality dropped 1,100 jobs during the month, the largest …

Manufacturing in the Inland Empire continued to grow during August. The region’s purchasing managers index was 61 last month, up from 58.3 in July, according to data released Tuesday by the Institute of Applied Research and Policy Analysis at Cal State San Bernardino. That was the eighth consecutive month the …

UC Berkeley report says Sacramento’s efforts to slow down climate change have created thousands of jobs and pumped millions of dollars into the state’s economy. Critics are skeptical, particularly regarding the full impact of cap-and-trade. Conventional wisdom, at least among some economists, holds that climate-change regulations like the ones California …

Business activity in the Inland Empire grew 2.3 percent between the second quarter of this year and the second quarter of 2016, according to data released Thursday. That was slightly better year-over-year growth than the country experienced during that time. The U.S. gross domestic product grew 2.1 percent in that …

The Inland Empire is on pace to add 44,907 jobs during 2017, an increase of 3.2 percent year-over-year if that prediction holds true, according to a report Two thousand seventeen should be the fifth consecutive year that the Inland region adds approximately 45,000 jobs, regional economist John Husing stated in …