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December 18, 2025
Few employment sectors add jobs across Sacramento in September
After a two-month delay, the September jobs report for Sacramento was released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Sacramento region’s unemployment rate fell 20 basis points month over month to 5.2% in September, which was above the year-ago estimate of 4.6% and below California’s statewide rate of 5.6%.
December 17, 2025
What’s in store for 2026? Broad themes emerge.
As 2025 comes to a close, economists are considering the themes that are likely to prevail in 2026. Here are a few of them.
December 10, 2025
Fed cuts key interest rate but signals fewer reductions in year ahead
The Federal Reserve of the United States reduced its benchmark interest rate by a quarter-percentage point on Wednesday — the third rate cut this year — bringing it to the lowest range since 2022.
December 10, 2025
Surveys show employment remains at risk as trade uncertainty and higher costs persist
Economic activity continued to diverge in November. While the services sector stabilized due to continued consumer spending, business conditions in the manufacturing sector deteriorated as new orders, employment and supplier deliveries declined.
December 3, 2025
Delayed data show shoppers were cautious going into the holiday season
American consumers entered the peak of the holiday shopping season offering a basket of mixed signals.
November 26, 2025
The labor market appeared to be holding up before the government shut down
The federal government shutdown occurred just days before the September jobs report was due to be released, but most of the data collection had already been completed. So when the government reopened a few weeks ago, it was only a matter of time before the results would be revealed.
November 19, 2025
Optimism takes a hit as small businesses navigate elevated uncertainty
Small business owners became a little less optimistic in October, according to the National Federation of Independent Business’s monthly survey, as uncertainty over business conditions remains elevated.
November 12, 2025
Lowered expectations: Younger consumers turn more pessimistic about the future
Bifurcation has become a buzzword in the post-COVID consumer economy.
October 29, 2025
Housing costs cool, helping to keep a lid on inflation
A softer-than-expected inflation reading in the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ shutdown-delayed release of September’s consumer price index all but locked in a cut in short-term interest rates at today’s Federal Reserve policy meeting.
October 22, 2025
Economists view recent trends and offer words of caution for the road ahead
At the National Association of Business Economics' annual meeting in Philadelphia last week, economists, executives and policymakers discussed a wide range of topics. Here are a few takeaways from conference speakers on the American consumer, artificial intelligence and immigration and trade policies that may interest the commercial real estate industry.
October 16, 2025
Inflation flattens real rate growth in San Antonio hotels
Despite visible gains in nominal pricing for San Antonio’s downtown upper-tier hotels, the purchasing power of average daily rates, or ADR, remains slightly below pre-pandemic levels.
October 8, 2025
Dearth of official economic data during the shutdown leads to alternative sources
The federal government shutdown has delayed the release of key data reports on the labor market. That has left analysts, economists and, perhaps most important, the Federal Reserve more reliant on private-sector releases to gauge the health of hiring and its relative balance with inflation.
October 1, 2025
Consumers remain cautiously optimistic after summer shopping spree
American consumers have shaken off the uncertainty of the year's first half with a summer spending spree that has left many economists revising earlier projections upward.
September 26, 2025
Seattle inflation edges higher in August
According to the most recent available data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, or BLS, Seattle-area inflation hit 2.8% year over year in August, up slightly from the most recent previous read of 2.7% in June.
September 26, 2025
Puget Sound region’s office-using employment stalls as tech sector contracts
The Seattle metropolitan area added about 11,800 jobs over the past year, a 0.5% increase. That is according to the latest release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, detailing area job growth through August.
September 24, 2025
With mixed job news, unemployment rate dips in Sacramento
The Sacramento region’s unemployment rate dipped from 5.6% in July to 5.4% in August, according to the latest jobs report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The August rate was above the 5.1% estimate from 12 months ago and below California’s statewide rate of 5.8%.
September 24, 2025
Tech boosts manufacturing production, but factory job growth still lags
American manufacturers are sending mixed signals heading into the fourth quarter.
September 17, 2025
Petco thins its fleet with 25 store closings planned this year
Petco is set to close 25 stores this year, on top of the 25 it shuttered last year, as it becomes the latest retailer to trim its store fleet.
September 17, 2025
Northern Arizona hospitality feels pinch of Canadian travel decline, wildfires and shift to upscale hotels
Recent performance in Northern Arizona’s hospitality market is shaped by a pronounced decline in Canadian inbound travel, the disruptive impact of the North Rim fire and the region’s distinctive hotel inventory mix.
September 17, 2025
U.S. hotel market shows mixed results as occupancy and average daily rate trends differ
Through July 2025, the U.S. hospitality sector is defined by pronounced divergence in market performance. Out of 172 markets tracked by STR, 87 have posted year-over-year declines in occupancy, highlighting a landscape where larger U.S. economic volatility and local dynamics are shaping outcomes more than ever.