Sacramento Forecast Project	Yolo/Colusa CEA Economic Forecast	California State University, Sacramento
	revised January, 2009
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Number of Persons Employed

The number of persons employed declined -0.1% (100 persons) in 2008. The forecast for 2009, based on actual data through December,2008, is for an even larger (-0.6%) decline in 2009.

Unemployment

The annual average Unemployment Rate for the CEA increased in 2008, to 8.2%, up from the 6.5% in 2007. The forecast for the annual Unemployment Rate in 2009, based on actual data through December, 2008, is another increase to 9.0%.

Taxable Sales

Taxable Sales in the Yolo/Colusa CEA continued the rebound from the 2002 low in 2007, with a 2.15% increase. The forecast for 2008, based on actual data through the 4th quarter of 2007, is for a -2.2% decline, followed by a 0.3% increase in 2009.

Data Tables

The Sacramento Forecast Project maintains files for these variables and the supporting variables for Yolo/Colusa CEA, in Excel format, that can be made available on request.

Resources

Yolo/Colusa CEA has several useful and informative locations on the Internet: Colusa County Colusa County Economic Development Office. The Appeal-Democrat.com covers Colusa, Sutter and Yuba Counties. Yolo County County of Yolo University of California, Davis The Davis Enterprise Data Providers: California Department of Finance California Employment Development Department, Labor Market Information Division California State Board of Equalization

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