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California reported an increase in new claims of 2,185. The state did not offer a reason for the change.

“Small businesses took a breather from hiring last month after a string of five solid, positive months,” said NFIB Chief Economist William Dunkelberg. “Growth in the first few months of the year was lousy and big firms are beginning to show signs of wear and tear, layoffs are being announced and profits are fading.”

The U.S. job market sits at a crossroads six years into a fitful economic expansion: Hiring is strong, but weak wage growth has failed to pull millions of would-be workers off the sidelines while prompting others to drop out of the labor force.

California employers’ workers’ compensation insurance premiums jumped by $2 billion in 2014 but payments to workers for job-related injuries and illnesses remained static, while medical costs declined, according to the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau.

Regulatory uncertainty and a lack of transparency have left trade on China’s seven pilot carbon exchanges in the doldrums, which could undermine efforts to cut the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Relocation plans are up slightly on a year-over-year basis. Thirty percent of the Corporate Survey respondents plan to relocate a domestic facility over the next three years (figure 26). Among the reasons cited for relocation are high taxes (44 percent) and excessive government regulations (29 percent), as well as labor availability (26 percent) and labor costs (24 percent).

Area Development analyzed economic and workforce data for 373 MSAs to determine which U.S. cities are creating jobs and nurturing sustainable economic development. The results of the Leading Locations 2015 study clearly reflect the strength of the western half of the United States: eight of the top-10 MSAs are in the West — three in Colorado, two in California, two in Texas, and one in Washington State.

For several weeks, the groups have complained City Hall isn’t focusing enough on job growth with critics contending Garcetti’s economic team, led by longtime staffer Kelli Bernard, has failed to recruit business or cut red tape for existing companies.

For several weeks, the groups have complained City Hall isn’t focusing enough on job growth with critics contending Garcetti’s economic team, led by longtime staffer Kelli Bernard, has failed to recruit business or cut red tape for existing companies.

Wages for the typical worker in California — those who earn $19.18 an hour, or about $39,800 a year — are still 1.8% lower than they were in 2011, when the state’s unemployment rate hovered around 11.5%. The current unemployment rate is 6.4%

The business portal, a tool from the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, provides companies with a map to navigate state and federal regulations, and access state assistance in areas like finding a site and accessing agencies that train workers.

Real personal income across all regions rose by an average of 0.8 percent in 2013. This growth rate reflects the year-over-year change in nominal personal income across all regions adjusted by the change in the national personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index. On a nominal basis, personal income across all regions grew an average of 2.0 percent in 2013. In 2013, the U.S. PCE price index grew 1.2 percent.

Private companies in June created positions at the fastest clip this year, indicating a thaw in the labor market as summer began.

California created nearly 2,000 clean energy and clean transportation jobs in the first quarter, to rank second in the nation behind Georgia, according to a report made public Tuesday.

A report released Tuesday by the University of San Diego still points to gains in the job market, new residential construction and an overall improving national economy as factors behind the region’s expansion. However, local publicly traded companies did not fare well in May and consumer confidence dipped locally for the first time in 15 months.