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Bay Area Job Watch

Bay Area job growth accelerated in July and August and unemployment levels and rates fell sharply compared to a year earlier. More good news came in rising residential building permits and strong GDP growth, which …

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Bay Area Job Watch

Bay Area job growth slowed in June and the regional labor force increased by just 5,000 over the past 12 months, far short of what is needed to support future job growth. In June 2018, …

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Bay Area Job Watch

Bay Area job growth continued in May. In May 2018 year over year job growth remained near recent levels with +82,600 (2.1%) and the number of deals for additional office space continued strong. Low unemployment …

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Bay Area Job Watch

Bay Area job growth rebounded sharply in April reversing slower growth in the first three months of 2018. By April 2018 year over year job growth rebounded to 89,100 (2.3%) and the number of deals …

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Institute Vice President Jeff Bellisario Speaks on High Speed Rail to Fresno

Economic Institute Vice President Jeff Bellisario spoke with Mike Colgan of KCBS on May 1 about the exciting future of a high speed rail connection between Fresno and the Bay Area. Reducing the commute time …

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Bay Area Job Watch

Bay Area job growth slowed in the first three months of 2018 much as it did in the summer of 2017. By March 2018 year over year job growth slowed to 71,900 (1.8%), the slowest …

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Sean Randolph on China in the SF Business Times

Published March 8, 2018 – China today is no longer just copying Western technology, but piecing together its own innovation system. With its expanding economy and a stronger role by government, the new technology strategy …

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Bay Area Job Watch

Bay Area job growth in 2017 was much stronger than initially reported and the mid-summer slump turned out to be very mild and quickly reversed. The revised December 2017 estimate was 20,100 higher than the …

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Senior Director Sean Randolph Talks Infrastructure on KQED Forum

Sean Randolph, Senior Director of the Bay Area Council Economic Institute, appeared as a guest on KQED Forum on February 15. He spoke with host Michael Krasny and fellow guest Randy Rentschler, Director of Legislation …

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11th Annual Economic Forecast

The Bay Area Council Economic Institute held its 11th Annual Economic Forecast on Friday, January 19 at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. The conference brought together top leaders in the public and private …

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Bay Area Job Watch

December was a solid month for the regional economy with continuing good news on the housing front. Bay Area job growth in December kept the year over year growth comparisons steady after a long series …

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Bay Area Job Watch

November was a strong month for the regional economy and the past two months have seen a number of major housing proposals move forward. Bay Area job growth in November pushed the year over year …