Economy

A new analysis by the Bay Area Council Economic Institute suggests that restoring the full state and local tax (SALT) deduction would create thousa...

Another tax on California’s economy surfaced this week (March 22) even as the state announced that budget revenues are exceeding projections. Los...

Not again. Another misguided tax hike proposal has reared its head in Sacramento as California sits on record revenues, robust reserves and escalat...

Annual revisions released today by the California Employment Development Department show that the nine-county Bay Area lost 66,700 more jobs in 202...

The Bay Area Council didn’t coin the term “exodus” to describe anecdotal stories of companies, jobs and investment leaving California for oth...

Despite years of hard work, women and communities of color continue to be underrepresented in the highest echelons of business leadership. Today, t...

As the Bay Area Council moves quickly to advance our Business Climate Initiative, we were encouraged to read a powerful commentary by San Jose Mayo...

Newly released data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the first glimpse of the pace of recovery in regional economies across the natio...

The stories continue to mount about California’s worsening business climate and the exodus of key companies, investors and top talent. And the as...

Beyond the hard data and growing anecdotal evidence of departing companies, declining investment, lost jobs and shrinking population, California’...