Sacramento Forecast Project Sacramento Economic Area Economic Forecast California State University, Sacramento
 revised January, 2009  
Unemployment | Taxable Sales | Data Tables | Resources | SFP Page

Employment
15Feb09:  The total number of jobs in all industries in the 11 county Sacramento Economic Area declined 0.6% (-6,760 jobs) in 2008, down from the 0.8% increase in 2007. The forecast for 2009, based on data through December, 2008, is a slower decline of -0.3% (-3,533 job) decrease.
graph, Employment, 1996-2009
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Unemployment
15Feb09:  The annual average Unemployment Rate for the Economic Area in 2008 was 7.6%, up from the 5.8% in 2007. The Sacramento Economic Area's annual Unemployment Rate for 2009, based on actual data through December, 2008, is forecast to be up to 8.2%.
graph, Unemployment Rate, 1996-2009
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Taxable Sales
15Feb09:  The growth in Taxable Sales from all Outlets in the eleven county Sacramento Economic Area ended in 2006 with a 1.5% ($600 million) increase. Sales declined 1.6% ($650. million) in 2007. The forecast for 2008, based on actual sales data through the 4th quarter of 2007, is for an even larger decline of 3.86% ($1.5 billion), followed by a smaller -1.7% ($670. million) decrease in 2009.
graph, Taxable Sales, all Outlets, 1995-2009
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Data Tables
The Sacramento Forecast Project maintains files for these variables and the supporting variables for the Sacramento Economic Area, in Excel format, that can be made available on request.
table, Employment, all Industries, 2000-2009
table, Unemployment Rate, 2000-2009
table, Taxable Sales, all Outlets, 1990-2009
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Resources
For information on the Sacramento Economic Area, I recommend that you use the resources listed for the various geographic entities that constitute the area.

Data Providers:
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Update: January, 2009
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Arthur N. Jensen, Emeritus Professor of Marketing
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California State University, Sacramento
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