Economy

New data released Wednesday by the California Department of Finance shows the nine-county Bay Area total population stagnating between July 2019 an...

As the state of California faces new public health orders to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, a new Small Business Majority scientific poll release...

Newly released data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis for 2019 reveals a slowing GDP picture for the region, one that is expected to slow even f...

New data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics provides finer detail on the potential long-term economic destruction caused by the COVID-19 pa...

The Bay Area has one of the most highly educated populations in the nation with 49% of people over the age of 25 holding a bachelor’s degree (wel...

New data analyzed by the Bay Area Council Economic Institute provides another barometer of the region’s economic recovery. Traffic on Bay Area br...

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

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...

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...

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...