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By Staff Report / Tuesday, May 8th, 2018 / Latest news, South Coast / Comments Off on Santa Barbara County not keeping pace with tri-county economic growth
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By Staff Report / Friday, November 3rd, 2017 / Central Coast, Latest news, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Thornberg: Slower growing economy doesn’t mean recession near
The eight-year trend of economic growth in California and the Central Coast does not necessarily mean a recession is coming, according to economists who spoke at the Central Coast Economic Forecast on Nov. 3 in San Luis Obispo. A common belief is that the economy has a life cycle that inevitably switches back and forth Read More →
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, October 6th, 2017 / Editorials, Latest news, Opinion / Comments Off on Our view: Recession risk rises for Ventura County
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, November 25th, 2016 / Editorials, Latest news, Opinion / Comments Off on New vision needed for Ventura County
You might call it the Ventura County conundrum. By many measures, Ventura County has recovered nicely from the recession with relatively low unemployment at 5.3 percent, steady job growth and a nascent boom in the travel and leisure sector. But a deeper dive shows some disturbing trends. Jobs have not recovered to their pre-recession peak, Read More →
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By Henry Dubroff / 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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