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Bay Area Job Watch

November 21, 2022 The highlights: • The Bay Area added 17,600 jobs in October after two months of slow growth. Unemployment rates ticked up slightly but the region’s UE rate in October was 2.6%. • …

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Bay Watch – Jobs and Layoffs

Bay Watch: A Weekly Look into the Bay Area Economy November 18th, 2022 October job growth ticks up Despite continuing widespread fears an economic downturn is around the corner, the region’s three major metros posted …

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Index Methodology

← Return to the Economic Recovery Page   Explore the data and methodology here. We scored regions on 15 different datapoints across 5 different metrics: Jobs, People, Investment, Economic Activity, and Costs. We use Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) as defined …

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Bay Watch – Multilingual Learning

Bay Watch: A Weekly Look into the Bay Area Economy November 2nd, 2022 This week’s Baywatch highlights the Economic Institute’s latest report on the economic benefits of multilingual learning, filling a gap in the literature …

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Bay Watch – Housing Crisis

Bay Watch: A Weekly Look into the Bay Area Economy October 27, 2022 So far in 2022, Austin metro has produced nearly 10x as much housing on a per capita basis as San Francisco metro …

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Bay Watch – September Jobs Report

Bay Watch: A Weekly Look into the Bay Area Economy October 21, 2022 Bay Area loses jobs for the first time since January 2021 New employment data released today by the California Employment Development Department …

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Bay Watch – Transit Recovery

Bay Watch: A Weekly Look into the Bay Area Economy October 13, 2022 Recent analysis by the Bay Area News Group reported that for the first time in at least twenty years, Los Angeles County’s …

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Bay Watch – U.S. Jobs Report

Bay Watch: A Weekly Look into the Bay Area Economy October 7, 2022 Economic growth slows – is a recession next? New data released this week by the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed some of …

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Bay Watch – Remote Work

Bay Watch: A Weekly Look into the Bay Area Economy September 21, 2022 New data reveal number of Bay Area residents primarily working from home nearly quintupled from 2019 to 2021 New data released last …

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Bay Watch – Foreign Direct Investment

Bay Watch: A Weekly Look into the Bay Area Economy September 13, 2022 The COVID-19 pandemic has had detrimental effects on the international economy, in particular foreign direct investments (FDI), which are substantial, lasting investments …

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Bay Watch – SF Business Activity

Bay Watch: A Weekly Look into the Bay Area Economy September 6, 2022   It’s been two and half years since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and many businesses in San Francisco have struggled …

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Bay Watch – Carbon Emissions

Bay Watch: A Weekly Look into the Bay Area Economy August 30, 2022   In 2017, the Economic Institute issued a report highlighting the impact of the region’s housing crisis not only on residents, but …