Economy
In August, President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), a sweeping $750 billion law supporting his agenda on
Read more »Historically low inflation has kept loan production strong for the past couple of years, but as inflation skyrockets, the Fed
Read more »Studies of consumer income, debt and education levels have all illustrated Fresno’s status as economically stressed. Now a study of
Read more »With sky-high inflation, some industries are better positioned to pass on higher costs to consumers. One of the Central Valley’s
Read more »Ashley Swearengin, president and CEO of the Central Valley Community Foundation, will take part in a hearing Thursday titled “Equitable
Read more »A new report on California’s travel-related spending for 2021 was recently released, showing the Central Valley in a steady and
Read more »Preliminary job numbers for March show decreases across the four counties in unemployment, with moderate job increases month-over-month and significant
Read more »At a time when Covid infection rates are on the way up once again, “normalization” is a good way to
Read more »A local coalition in the running for $100 million in federal dollars aims to create a new agricultural innovation industrial
Read more »The economic whiplash of the nearly two years of a global health crisis has exposed a well-reported labor shortage, supply
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