California New Car Registrations: February 2026 [EconTax Blog]

Apr 7, 2026 - This is a good proxy for the number of cars purchased by California residents. Slump in Registrations Continued Through February. Seasonally adjusted new car registrations dropped 8 percent from September 2025 to December 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/855

California New Car Registrations: February 2026 [EconTax Blog]

Apr 7, 2026 - This is a good proxy for the number of cars purchased by California residents. Slump in Registrations Continued Through February. Seasonally adjusted new car registrations dropped 8 percent from September 2025 to December 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/855

California New Car Registrations: January 2026 [EconTax Blog]

Mar 11, 2026 - This is a good proxy for the number of cars purchased by California residents. Slump in Registrations Continued Through January. Seasonally adjusted new car registrations dropped 8 percent from September 2025 to December 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/853

California New Car Registrations: January 2026 [EconTax Blog]

Mar 11, 2026 - This is a good proxy for the number of cars purchased by California residents. Slump in Registrations Continued Through January. Seasonally adjusted new car registrations dropped 8 percent from September 2025 to December 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/853

California New Car Registrations: December 2025 [EconTax Blog]

Feb 9, 2026 - This is a good proxy for the number of cars purchased by California residents. Registrations Fell Slightly in December. Seasonally adjusted new car registrations declined by 1 percent in December. After three weak months, registrations are now 5 percent below the average level over the last couple of years.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/848

California New Car Registrations: December 2025 [EconTax Blog]

Feb 9, 2026 - This is a good proxy for the number of cars purchased by California residents. Registrations Fell Slightly in December. Seasonally adjusted new car registrations declined by 1 percent in December. After three weak months, registrations are now 5 percent below the average level over the last couple of years.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/848

California New Car Registrations: November 2025 [EconTax Blog]

Jan 6, 2026 - This is a good proxy for the number of cars purchased by California residents. Registrations Dropped in November. Seasonally adjusted new car registrations declined by 4 percent in November. After two weak months, registrations are now 4 percent below the average level over the last couple of years.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/846

California New Car Registrations: November 2025 [EconTax Blog]

Jan 6, 2026 - This is a good proxy for the number of cars purchased by California residents. Registrations Dropped in November. Seasonally adjusted new car registrations declined by 4 percent in November. After two weak months, registrations are now 4 percent below the average level over the last couple of years.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/846

How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? [EconTax Blog]

Mar 9, 2026 - By most measures, the global financial crisis was more severe than the dot-com crash. The state 's unemployment rate, for example, peaked at 7 percent following the dot-com crash but reached nearly double that during the financial crisis and remained elevated for much longer.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/852

How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? [EconTax Blog]

Mar 9, 2026 - By most measures, the global financial crisis was more severe than the dot-com crash. The state 's unemployment rate, for example, peaked at 7 percent following the dot-com crash but reached nearly double that during the financial crisis and remained elevated for much longer.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/852