Recent Trends Summer on the South Coast usually means employment rising in the construction industry as well as the tourism-dependent leisure and hospitality sectors. Unemployment rates typically continue to fall from their winter peaks. But this deep recession has continued to push those rates to levels not seen since late 1984 on the South Coast. Many economic indicators and economic growth turned positive over the past half year. Despite some encouraging signs, broad-based job growth has yet to materialize. The upcoming Curry County Published Jul-1-2010 ...more
