Los Angeles County's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate sunk to 4.5% in September, down from a revised 5.2% in August, according to the latest figures released by the state Employment Development Department.
Business activity in the Inland Empire continued to rise in the latest numbers, standing in stark contrast to the decline in GDP at the national level, according to the new Inland Empire Business Activity Index released today by the UCR School of Business Center for Economic Forecasting and Development .