Economy Archives - Bay Area Council

Council Hitting Back Against Dangerous New Taxes

Aug 7 2020

Dangerous new legislation, AB1253, surfaced last week in Sacramento proposing a massive new personal income tax increase that will undermine Califo...

Jobs Return, But Remain at Risk as COVID Surges

Jul 17 2020

Following unprecedented job losses as a result of shelter in place orders, over a quarter of jobs had returned to the region by the end of June. Da...

Fiscal Crisis Growing for Cities, Counties

May 22 2020

State and local governments are facing a growing fiscal crisis as the COVID-19 shutdown (see below) starts to hit budgets. Gov. Newsom is projectin...

Urgency to Reopen as Job Losses Hit Historic Levels

May 22 2020

The COVID-19 shutdown cost Bay Area economy over half a million jobs in April – more than an eighth of all jobs in the region and representing th...

COVID-19 Hits Jobs, Economy Hard

Apr 10 2020

Shelter-in-place orders are proving critical in stemming the transmission of COVID-19, but they are also having a profound impact on the economy as...

Tracking Economic Fallout of COVID-19

Apr 10 2020

The rapid pace in the escalation of the COVID-19 crisis in terms of both its health and economic effects has been unprecedented. The Bay Area Counc...

Council Delegation Forges New Ties with India

Jan 24 2020

Expanding and deepening economic connections between California, the Bay Area-Silicon Valley and India was the focus of a weeklong (Jan. 12-18) del...

Tri-Valley 2040 Visioning Summit

Nov 22 2019

On Monday, the Bay Area Council Economic Institute organized the Tri-Valley 2040 Visioning Summit in partnership with the Innovation Tri-Valley Lea...

Trade War Not Deterring Council’s China Work

Aug 23 2019

The U.S.-China trade war continues to ratchet up, but it’s not deterring the Bay Area Council’s work to expand and deepen trade and investment ...

Mayor Schaaf Touts Oakland’s Promise during Busy China Economic Tour

Jul 26 2019

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf had one message for Chinese business and government leaders during a weeklong, five-city economic development tour the B...

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