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San Diego County’s unemployment fell to 6.6 percent in November, its lowest level since the pandemic began, state labor officials said Friday.
. However, the survey results are from the week ending Nov. 15, the day before the county was placed in the state’s most restrictive COVID-19 closure protocol, called the purple tier. That action moved restaurants, bars, gyms and movie theaters to outdoor-only and retail capacity was reduced.
It is likely the unemployment rate will rise in the next report because of COVID restrictions placed on businesses. But the pace at which people went back to work in San Diego County gave some analysts hope. In May, the unemployment rate reached 15.2 percent, its highest ever since record-keeping for the county began in 1990.
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A study released last week from the Public Policy Institute of California found 73 of respondents in San Diego and Orange counties are anticipating bad financial times ahead in the next 12 months.
The statewide average was 68 percent. Inland Empire was the least pessimistic with 62 percent of respondents saying there will be bad times ahead. It was followed by Los Angeles at 63 percent; San Francisco Bay Area at 70 percent; and Central Valley at 72 percent.
This contrasts with a UCLA Anderson Forecast that also came out last week expecting strong financial growth next year following distribution of the vaccine.
(For purposes of this Econometer, we will ask the question exactly as the institute did).
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The coronavirus pandemic reached San Diego County in mid-March 2020. Each day, local health officials give us updates on the spread of the novel coronavirus in our region. We will bring you the latest news here, every day. You can count on us.