New Census data show that Bay Area counties are among those in the state with the most robust in-migration in recent years.
According to preliminary data from the state's Employment Development Department, California's official unemployment rate fell to 6.7% in February 2015, down from a revised 7.0% in January.
This post provides metro specific summaries of our analyses from California’s High Housing Costs: Causes and Consequences.
January declines in film and television production jobs are likely to be reversed in upcoming February data.
Consumer price index (CPI) data for all of 2014 is now available.
We consider California's "U-6" unemployment rate, a broader measure of labor force underutilization than the official "U-3" unemployment rate.
We consider how the elevated unemployment rates in Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties affect the statewide unemployment rate.
The state's Employment Development Department released its first report, to be revised later, on December 2014 job growth in California.
Inflation in the U.S. economy was very low in late 2014, and further drops in prices are possible in early 2015. We discuss both the risks and benefits of low price growth.
Across the state, Californians spend more of their income on housing compared to residents in other states' metropolitan areas.
California's economy ranks among the largest on earth. As of 2013, it was larger than some of the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized economies, such as Canada and Italy.