CCSCE - Center For Continuing Study of the California Economy

YEAR

Numbers in the News is a series of brief analyses of recently reported statistics about the California economy prepared by CCSCE’s Director. If you read a statistic about California in the media that you have questions about or think merits additional analysis, email Steve at slevy@ccsce.com.

2013

"Bay Area Leads State GDP Recovery" March 2013 (PDF, 88 KB)

2012

"Census Bureau Says California Outpaces Nation in Population Growth" December 2012 (PDF, 76 KB)
"Job Growth During the Bush and Obama Administrations" September 2012 (PDF, 82 KB)
"State and Local Government Employees: Where Does California Rank? — 2011 Update" September 2012 (PDF, 93 KB)
"2011 California Economy Rankings" September 2012 (PDF, 101 KB)
"2010 California Economy Rankings" January 2012 (PDF, 105 KB)
State and Local Government Employees: Where Does California Rank?—2010 Update January 2012 (PDF, 98 KB)

2011

"November 2011 California Jobs Report" December 2011 (PDF, 57 KB)
"The California Economy in 2010" March 2011 (PDF, 80 KB)

2010

"2009 California Economy Rankings" December 2010 (PDF, 79 KB)
"State and Local Government Employees: Where Does California Rank?—2009 Update" October 2010 (PDF, 64 KB)
"Why is California’s Unemployment Rate so High and what does it Mean for the State’s Economic Future?" September 2010 (PDF, 89 KB)
"Budget Myth 3 — California’s State Budget Has Too Much Spending" June 2010 (PDF, 93 KB)
"Budget Myth 2 — California has a High Number of State Employees" June 2010 (PDF, 156 KB)
"Budget Myth 1 — California is like Greece" June 2010 (PDF, 157 KB)

2009

"State and Local Government Employees: Where Does California Rank?—2008 Update" December 2009 (PDF, 68 KB)
"2008 California Economy Rankings" August 2009 (PDF, 89 KB)
"Are Businesses and High-Income Residents Fleeing California?" July 2009 (PDF, 174 KB)
"Other States are Hurting Too" March 2009 (PDF, 67 KB)
"Why Are Manufacturing Job Losses So Large?" March 2009 (PDF, 146 KB)
"California Jobs and Unemployment" March 2009 (PDF, 168 KB)
"The Economics of Recession and Recovery" February 2009 (PDF, 363 KB)

2008

"State and Local Government Employees: Where Does California Rank?" October 2008 (PDF, 90 KB)
"California's Misery Index—Is the Recession Real or in Our Heads?" September 2008 (PDF, 92 KB)
"Some Good News from the New American Community Survey" September 2008 (PDF, 85 KB)
"Where Does California Rank-2007 Update" September 2008 (PDF, 84 KB)
"6.8% Unemployment - Is the California Economy That Weak?" June 2008 (PDF, 85 KB)
"Home Prices Falling, Affordability Rising — Still a Ways to Go" February 2008 (PDF, 112 KB)

2007

"Is California No Longer a High Job Growth State?" December 2007 (PDF, 96 KB)
"Is California A High Tax State?" October 2007 (PDF, 100 KB)
"Can the Unemployed Replace Unauthorized Workers?" August 2007 (PDF, 91 KB)
"Which Population Estimates Are Best?" April 2007 (PDF, 92 KB)
"California's Coming Retirement Wave" February 2007 (PDF, 92 KB)
"The Future of the California Economy is on the Coast" February 2007 (PDF, 87 KB)