Region’s employment picture a little brighter
The unemployment rates in Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo counties all continued to drop in September, and all three counties had healthier labor markets than the state a whole. The combined unemployment rate for the tri-county region was 7.9 percent in September, according to a Business Times analysis of data released Oct. 16 Read More →
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A tale of two forecasts: UCSB report describes strong 2018-19, disastrous 2020
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Read More →Unemployment rate drops in Tri-Counties, still in double digits
Unemployment rates in Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties continued to inch downward in July, though all three remained at historically high levels in the fourth month of the coronavirus pandemic. The combined civilian unemployment rate for the tri-county area was 10.7 percent in July, according to a Business Times analysis of data Read More →
Read More →June unemployment drops in region, still historically high
Unemployment rates in Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties all dropped in June, but all three remained in double digits, and worse than the nadir of the Great Recession a decade ago, according to data released July 17 by the California Employment Development Department. Ventura County’s unemployment rate was 12.6 percent in June, Read More →
Read More →Unemployment rates fall across the Tri-Counties
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Read More →Our view: Unemployment insurance fund needs to be fixed
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Read More →CLU economists say short lockdown key to small business survival
A new report from the Center for Economic Research & Forecasting at California Lutheran University underscores the ferocity of the debate around re-opening the economy. CERF forecasters Matthew Fienup and Dan Hamilton now project a stunning, nearly 20 percent drop in GDP and Great Depression levels of job losses, followed by a long, slow U-shaped Read More →
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