Economy

RESTORING THE LUSTER TO CALIFORNIA’S HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM

There has been considerable buzz in recent weeks about the potential for online education to play a role in addressing some of the growing challeng...

FISCAL CLIFF CONCERNS CAUSING SOME CEOs TO DELAY BUSINESS INVESTMENTS, NEW BAY AREA COUNCIL SURVEY FINDS

Many Bay Area companies are holding off on business investments as they wait to see if the U.S. will plunge off the fiscal cliff, according to a Ba...

GOV. BROWN ENGAGES WITH BAY AREA COUNCIL LEADERSHIP ON 2013 AGENDA

Clearly energized from his Proposition 30 victory, and preparing next year's budget and his State of the State speech, Governor Jerry Brown sat dow...

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ADOPTS 2013 BAY AREA COUNCIL POLICY PLATFORM

With victories and major progress in 2012 on all of the Bay Area Council’s top policy priorities, the Executive Committee this week adopted its 2...

New Study: For Every New High-Tech Job, Four More Created

When it comes to creating jobs in California across a wide range of income levels and employment sectors, a new report by the Bay Area Council Econ...

LEADING ECONOMISTS OFFER FORECASTS ON REGIONAL, STATE AND GLOBAL PROSPECTS

The outlook for continuing jobs and economic growth in the Bay Area are strong, according to data presented by Bay Area Council Chief Economist Jon...

VIEW FROM SACRAMENTO: ELECTION ANALYSIS

There is plenty of anxious hand-wringing among business groups and fiscal conservatives statewide – and perhaps even among those that aren’t ne...

Q3 BUSINESS CONFIDENCE SURVEY SHOWS CEOS STILL HOLDING PAT ON NEW HIRING

The Bay Area Council on October 26 released its third quarter results of Business Confidence Survey, with more employers saying they’ll stand pat...

BAY AREA’S ECONOMIC HOMOGENEITY SUGGESTS NEED FOR REGIONAL STRATEGY

While economic development planning done at local levels within the Bay Area is important, it may not be as productive or effective in maximizing g...

BAY AREA COUNCIL JOINS SAN FRANCISCO BID FOR 2016 SUPER BOWL

With a tweet and a song, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee on Thursday kicked off a bid to bring Super Bowl L (50) to the Bay Area in 2016. Standing with ...
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