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The Inland Empire’s manufacturing sector is no longer growing. The two-county region’s purchasing managers index was 47.4 in December, the third consecutive month that figure was below 50, according to data released Wednesday by the Institute of Applied Research and Policy Analysis at Cal State Fullerton. Because 50 is the …

The Inland Empire economy grew slightly more during the third quarter than previously estimated, according to data recently released. Riverside and San Bernardino County’s gross metropolitan product grew 2.6 percent annually through the third quarter, not 2.2 percent as was reported last month, the UC Riverside School of Business Center …

California employers added 13,600 jobs in November, enough to drop the unemployment rate to 5.3 percent, according to data released Friday. The state added jobs during the four months before November, yet its unemployment rate never changed from 5.5 percent, so Friday’s numbers represent a slight breakthrough, the state Employment …

The Federal Reserve’s decision to raise interest rates is likely to have little impact on the Inland Empire economy, according to several local economists. The increase, which was announced Wednesday, had been long anticipated. It lifts the Fed’s benchmark rate to a range of 0.5 percent to 0.75 percent, still …

An estimated 2.7 million renters in the United States were evicted from their residences last year, according to data released Monday. That number could be low because there is no national database on evictions. Also, the U.S Census Bureau doesn’t track eviction-related data, although it’s scheduled to begin doing so …

The U.S. economy added 178,000 jobs in November and the unemployment rate fell to 4.6 percent, according data released Friday. That was a drop of 0.3 percent compared with October and the lowest national unemployment rate since August 2007, the U.S. Department of Labor reported. The national unemployment rate has …