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 …
Read More »Report: California will add jobs
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. …
Read More »State jobless rate drops
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. …
Read More »2014 was a good year for job growth
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 …
Read More »IE manufacturing stays solid
Manufacturing in the Inland Empire turned in another solid month in February. The region’s purchasing managers index was 59, a substantial increase compared with the 53.5 recorded in January, according to the monthly report on manufacturing released Monday by the Institute of Applied and Policy Analysis at Cal State San …
Read More »Inland job growth better than state’s
Job growth in the Inland Empire is outperforming California’s job growth, as well as some of the state’s larger metropolitan areas. Employment grew 2.6 percent last year in Riverside and San Bernardino counties, compared with 2.2 percent growth statewide, according to report by the non-profit Los Angeles County Economic Development …
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