National, Central Coast home prices staying high
WASHINGTON, D.C – Don’t expect relief from sky high home prices on the Central Coast – or across the nation. That was one message delivered by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell who spoke to a conference of business journalists on April 4. Powell said the Fed was taking a “wait and see” approach to the Read More →
Dubroff: 5 takeaways from the first salvo in the global tariff war
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Food shipments to Ventura County food bank canceled
Amid funding cuts by the Trump Administration, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has canceled about eight truckloads of food that were destined for Food Share of Ventura County. Monica White, CEO of the nonprofit food bank which feeds about 250,000 county residents a year, made the announcement March 27. She said the agriculture department had Read More →
Alamar analysts give their thoughts on the national economy
Editor’s note: Continuing our Q1 investor panel discussion, Taking Stock visited with George Tharakan, chief investment officer, and John Murphy, CEO, at Alamar Capital, for this email exchange on March 13. These answers were lightly edited for content. To suggest future topics, email us at [email protected] Q. We’re starting to see some signs of real Read More →
Unemployment rate skyrockets throughout Central Coast
The unemployment rate in each of the tri-counties went up substantially in the month of January, according to the latest data provided by the California Employment Development Department. As a whole, the unemployment rate for the Central Coast was 4.93%, up from 4.5% in December. Released on March 14, the unemployment rate for Santa Barbara County jumped up 0.8% Read More →
