
An economic indicator is a statistic about the economy. Experts use them as a yardstick to measure the health of the economy.
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The following information is not produced by the EDD but is provided
as a service to our customers. Links to the source are provided.
- Business Employment Dynamics – track the expansion and contraction of employment through business expansions, openings, reductions, and closures.
- "California Economic Indicators" – A publication of the California Department of Finance
- County Commute Patterns
- Consumer Price Index (US Bureau of Labor Statistics and Calif. Department of Industrial Relations)
- Mass Layoff Statistics
- Measures of Income
- These Economic Indicators are only in the Local Area Profile:
- Quarterly Workforce Indicators – A product of the Local Employment Dynamics project which provides employment, job creation, turnover, and earnings by industry, age and sex.
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County–to–County Commute Maps
Data are included in the Local Area Profile
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Included in the Local Area Profile
Advanced Search in the Consumer Price Index Data Search Tool
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Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) Program – Describes and tracks the effects of large job cutbacks.
Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) – Under certain circumstances, employers are required to notify employees and EDD staff of an impending layoff or plant closure.
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Building Permits (US Census Bureau)
Median Home Price (DQNews)
State Revenues by Source (Calif. Statistical Abstract)
Taxable Sales (Calif. Board of Equalization)
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Get unemployment rates, industry employment, wages
economic indicators, population, and more for the State or a county
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- California Department of Finance, Economic and Financial Research
- California Statistical Abstract
- US Bureau of Economic Analysis
- US Bureau of Labor Statistics
- US Census Bureau
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- Monthly Data Release
- Occupations
- Industries
- Unemployment Rate and Labor Force
- Economic Indicators
- Population and Census
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