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The Bay Area Council Economic Institute’s weekly look into the Bay Area economy.
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Bay Watch – Aging Population
Bay Watch: A Weekly Look into the Bay Area Economy June 2nd, 2023 Bay Area aging faster than ever before Last week, we wrote about significant racial demographic shifts with data from the latest 2020 …
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Bay Watch – Demographic Profile
Bay Watch: A Weekly Look into the Bay Area Economy May 26th, 2023 Bay Area more diverse than ever with new 2020 Census data New demographic data released by the U.S. Census Bureau this week …
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Bay Watch – April 2023 Jobs Update
Bay Watch: A Weekly Look into the Bay Area Economy May 19th, 2023 The region showed strong job gains in April, defying tech layoffs and previous month’s losses In March 2023, the Bay Area’s two-year …
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Bay Watch – Population Loss
Bay Watch: A Weekly Look into the Bay Area Economy May 5th, 2023 The Bay Area sees population loss for the third straight year, losing 34,000 people across 2022. New data released this week by …
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Bay Watch – March 2023 Jobs Update
Bay Watch: A Weekly Look into the Bay Area Economy April 28th, 2023 The Bay Area ends its nearly two year long job growth streak as layoffs take further effect. For the past two years, the …
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Bay Watch – Unicorn Companies
Bay Watch: A Weekly Look into the Bay Area Economy April 14th, 2023 The Bay Area continues to be a regional hub for new unicorn companies, indicating lasting strength of the region’s start-up eco-system. The …
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Bay Watch – February 2023 Jobs Update
Bay Watch: A Weekly Look into the Bay Area Economy March 30th, 2023 Job growth slowed in February, indicating tech layoffs finally reflected in the data In January, we saw dramatic job growth in the …
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Bay Watch – The Bay Area’s Venture Capital Eco-System
Bay Watch: A Weekly Look into the Bay Area Economy March 24th, 2023 While banking failures and tech layoffs spark fear, the Bay Area’s tech and venture capital ecosystem remains strong. The Bay Area economy …
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Bay Watch – Bay Area Full Jobs Recovery
Bay Watch: A Weekly Look into the Bay Area Economy March 17th, 2023 After 3 years of steady, slow growth, the Bay Area has fully recovered its pre-pandemic jobs This week, the Bureau of Labor …
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Bay Watch – Business Openings and Closures
Bay Watch: A Weekly Look into the Bay Area Economy March 9, 2023 It’s been three years since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and many businesses in San Francisco have struggled to stay afloat …
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Bay Watch – Leisure and Hospitality Recovery
Bay Watch: A Weekly Look into the Bay Area Economy February 23rd, 2023 The Bay Area’s tourism industry has experienced one of the slowest recoveries in the nation. Between shutdowns during the first half of …
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Bay Watch – 2022 Transit Recovery
Bay Watch: A Weekly Look into the Bay Area Economy February 3rd, 2023 Bay Area transit agencies still struggling to recoup ridership, while bridge traffic hovers close to pre-pandemic levels Amidst pandemic-related shutdowns, spikes in …
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Bay Watch – 2022 Population Trends
Bay Watch: A Weekly Look into the Bay Area Economy January 27th, 2023 Bay Area population falls for third straight year New data released this week by the California Department of Finance offers a …
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Bay Watch – 2022 Year End Jobs Report
Bay Watch: A Weekly Look into the Bay Area Economy January 20th, 2023 Region ends the year strong, but layoffs loom The Bay Area ended the year strong, adding nearly 14,000 jobs and bringing unemployment …
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Bay Watch – Inflation
Bay Watch: A Weekly Look into the Bay Area Economy January 13, 2023 Have We Really Turned the Corner on Inflation? New data released this week by the Bureau of Labor Statistics had markets excited …
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Bay Watch – GDP
Bay Watch: A Weekly Look into the Bay Area Economy December 9, 2022 Data released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis on Thursday provided a new reason to be optimistic about the region’s economic recovery. …
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Bay Watch – Home Values
Bay Watch: A Weekly Look into the Bay Area Economy December 1, 2022 The Bay Area continues to lead the nation in home values. The Nine-County Bay Area – comprised of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, …
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Bay Watch – Thanksgiving
Bay Watch: A Weekly Look into the Bay Area Economy November 22, 2022 Happy Thanksgiving from the Economic Institute! This week, as millions of Americans look forward to gathering with friends and family for turkey …
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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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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 – 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 …
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Bay Watch – San Francisco vs. San Jose
Bay Watch: A Weekly Look into the Bay Area Economy August 24, 2022 In the last few weeks, Bay Watch has analyzed several different metrics that compare our region’s economic recovery with other metropolitan areas …
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Bay Watch – Labor Force
Bay Watch: A Weekly Look into the Bay Area Economy August 16, 2022 Last week, we highlighted San Francisco’s difficult road to recovery. Two years and five months after shelter-in-place orders were first implemented, the …
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Bay Watch – Job Recovery
Bay Watch: A Weekly Look into the Bay Area Economy August 9, 2022 Despite recent job growth across key industry sectors, the Bay Area continues to struggle to recover the jobs it lost during the …