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Global warming aside, biggest need is housing

By   /  Friday, December 18th, 2015  /  Editorials, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Global warming aside, biggest need is housing

The climate change accords signed in Paris this month have been a vindication of Gov. Jerry Brown’s view of a less carbon intensive economy. That is no small accomplishment, which vindicates San Luis Obispo County’s decision to embrace “Big Solar” and efforts in Ventura County to combine industrial-scale solar with waste recycling to reduce carbon Read More →

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Fed rate increase should help take risk out of financial markets

By   /  Friday, December 18th, 2015  /  Columns, Latest news  /  Comments Off on Fed rate increase should help take risk out of financial markets

The Federal Reserve’s decision to slowly begin the process of normalizing interest rates may not have all that much to do with the economy or inflation. The economy isn’t really overheated and any threat of inflation remains far off in the future. Parsing the Fedspeak of the Dec. 16 announcement that regulators are “reasonably confident” Read More →

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Dubroff: Small business owners not as optimistic as they should be

By   /  Friday, November 27th, 2015  /  Columns, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on Dubroff: Small business owners not as optimistic as they should be

Despite the growing hype around Small Business Saturday, the promotion developed by American Express that’s gotten some traction in the past few years, the nation’s small business owners aren’t really that happy a bunch. Writing in a Nov. 13 report, Scott Anderson, the chief economist for Bank of the West, notes that one recent indicator Read More →

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Central Coast economy on a roll

By   /  Friday, November 13th, 2015  /  Latest news, South Coast, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Central Coast economy on a roll

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California needs reforms to create stable future

By   /  Friday, November 13th, 2015  /  Editorials, Opinion  /  Comments Off on California needs reforms to create stable future

Now that California is back, maybe it’s time to think big. That’s the theme of a talk that economist Chris Thornberg has been giving up and down the coast. The founding partner of Beacon Economics gave the latest version of his remarks at the Central Coast Economic Forecast in San Luis Obispo on Nov. 6. Read More →

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Central Coast economy expanding

By   /  Friday, November 6th, 2015  /  Central Coast, Latest news, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Central Coast economy expanding

The Central Coast labor market is growing at a rate faster than the state’s, led by an all-time high in nonfarm employment, according to analysis from the Central Coast Economic Forecast. About 400 people flocked to the Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo on Nov. 6 for the annual forecast. Chris Thornberg and Jordan Levine of Read More →

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Measure of business inventory could dictate future of interest rates

By   /  Friday, October 9th, 2015  /  Latest news  /  Comments Off on Measure of business inventory could dictate future of interest rates

NEW YORK —  An often-overlooked measure of business inventories may hold a powerful clue to the future direction of interest rates, an influential Federal Reserve official said Oct. 9. Dennis Lockhard, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, told a group of business journalists that his staff’s analysis of third quarter GDP has reported Read More →

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