FuturePorts’ Annual Conference 2014 STRONG PORTS = STRONG CALIFORNIA The Future is Now JUST ADDED! LUNCHEON KEYNOTE SPEAKER MAYOR ELECT OF LONG BEACH ROBERT GARCIA Join us for an interesting discussion of important topics facing Southern California’s Goods Movement Industry! We’ll have experts from the Ports, government and regulatory agencies, community, and business […]
Continue ReadingEconomics Group Weekly Economic & Financial Commentary U.S. Review No Spring Swoon Going into June Payrolls added 217,000 workers in May, recouping all of the jobs lost during the recession, while the unemployment rate remained at 6.3 percent. The factory sector continues to make improvements with the ISM manufacturing index rising in May and factory […]
Continue ReadingThe May jobs report provided few surprises compared to recent employment report releases. The details of the report were about as expected. It was actually a pleasant, but somewhat boring read for a change. The 217K job increase in May was just a touch above consensus expectations for 215K, but somewhat under our estimate of […]
Continue ReadingUS Outlook Report: Evidence of Growth Rebound Stacks Up Encouraging economic data released over the past week suggests the U.S. economy is shifting into a higher gear in the second quarter. The Bloomberg Economic Surprise Index, which measures whether economic data are above or below economists’ consensus expectations, has risen since the beginning of February […]
Continue ReadingCalifornia Trade Report – June 2014 CA Aerospace Exports Surge California’s exports of aerospace products now exceed exports of computer equipment. The state’s overall merchandise export trade totaled $14.09 billion in April, up 7.8% over the same time last year… Read Full Analysis Now Meet Our Experts Christopher Thornberg: Christopher Thornberg is widely credited as being one […]
Continue ReadingEconomics Group – Weekly Economic & Financial Commentary U.S. Review Economy Contracts in Q1, Stronger Growth Ahead · Revised Q1 GDP figures showed that the economy contracted 1.0 percent, pulled down by weather effects along with much slower inventory building and weaker export growth. · Durable goods orders for April rose 0.8 percent following a 3.6 […]
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Continue ReadingThe Bay Area Council Economic Institute recently released a report entitled, “Europe and the Bay Area: Investing in Each Other,” which detailed the history of the economic connections between the two dynamic regions and the current state of affairs, including an assertion that trade between the two is strong and growing, despite the global recession […]
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