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The government shutdown has loomed large over many aspects of American life this month. Employment data is no exception. Each month, I speak with Matt Mena from IEGO about the region's job numbers for the month before, but we don't have those numbers for September. So MENA delves into why and other ways IEGO is trying to gauge what's going on with the IE’s economy.

This week's rundown of Inland Empire economic news.

For 91.9 KVCR News, I’m Madison Aument. This is Economics I.E. UCLA’s Anderson School of Management released a report last week detailing weaknesses in the U.S. and California economies.

Each month, IEGO, a nonprofit focused on economic growth in the Inland Empire, publishes the IE Labor Market Pulse. The newsletter analyzes monthly employment data to give readers insight into the regional labor market. Today, I’m speaking with Matt Mena, IEGO’s executive director, about last month’s job numbers. Let’s just start by kind of doing a summary of what August job numbers looked like.

For 91.9 KVCR News, I’m Madison Aument, and this is Economics IE. This week, I’m doing a quick roundup of some local economic news... from wildfire lawsuits to workforce trends and gas prices across the Inland Empire. Let’s start with Southern California Edison.

For 91.9 KVCR News, I’m Madison Aument, and this is Economics IE. Today, I’m speaking with Jonathan Lansner, a business columnist with the Southern California News Group, which publishes The Press-Enterprise and The San Bernardino Sun. We discussed a column he published last week analyzing rent prices across Southern California. Let's just start with how you compiled your data on these rental prices.

For 91.9 KVCR News, I'm Madison Aument. This is Economics IE. Each month, IEGO, a nonprofit focused on economic growth in the Inland Empire, publishes the IE Labor Market Pulse. The newsletter analyzes monthly employment data to give readers insight into the IE labor market. Today, I'm speaking with Matt Mena, who's IEGO's Executive Director, about last month's job numbers.

For 91.9 KVCR News, I’m Madison Aument and this is Economics IE.This week I’m bringing you a rundown of economics stories across the state.

Each month, IEGO, a nonprofit focused on economic growth in the Inland Empire, publishes the IE Labor Market Pulse. The newsletter analyzes monthly employment data to give readers insight into the IE labor market. Today, I'm speaking with Matt Mena, who's IEGO's executive director, about last month's job numbers.

For 91.9 KVCR News, I'm Madison Aument, and this is Economics IE. Daniel McDonald is a professor of economics at Cal State San Bernardino. He also writes a free Substack newsletter called Inland Empire Economic Intelligence.Every two months, inflation data is published for the Inland Empire. So this week, McDonald joined me to talk about the ways people in the IE are still feeling the sting of inflation.