California's Employment Development Department (EDD) has released preliminary jobs data for the month of March 2015. Once again, jobs increased, and the state's unemployment rate declined.
In this background post, we describe the major nonfarm job sectors that our office tracks in monthly state jobs reports.
This note provides information on March 2015 state tax collections.
This note discusses the state's complex revenue accrual rules, which affect Proposition 98 school funding and various aspects of state budgeting, in the context of the April 15 personal income tax deadline.
This blog post responds to questions we receive regularly concerning the likely effect of the drought on the state's economy and tax revenues.
A portion of the California Public Utilities Commission's $1.6 billion penalty against the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) affects state General Fund budgetary revenues.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics published its February 2015 data concerning employment in the nation's metropolitan areas on April 8, 2015.
Corporate profits data released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis show an annual decline of $17 billion, or less than 1 percent.
The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco recently released lending and other data for commercial banks headquartered in the West, including California, through the end of 2014.
The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis has published its estimates of state personal income through the fourth quarter of 2014.
This post provides background information on the various data categories considered in the economic statistic known as personal income.
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.
For a joint hearing of two Assembly committees, we examine the "sharing economy" and growth of short-term rental companies like Airbnb and HomeAway.
Our office's 44-page report, videos, and infographics on one of the state's most significant economic issues, housing costs.