UCSB Economic Forecast

The 2023 South County Economic Summit held at the Granada Theatre in downtown Santa Barbara included presentations by UCSB's Peter Rupert (pictured), Federal Reserve Board Governor Chris Waller, and San Francisco's chief economist Ted Egan.

Santa Barbara economic update: local labor market is strong, but certain industries lag behind

Beth Thornton

The UCSB Economic Forecast Project tracks economic trends in Santa Barbara County. Economists found the local labor market is generally strong, but the area is facing other long-term economic challenges.

UCSB gives health and economic update for Santa Barbara County amid surging Delta variant

Beth Thornton

In a webinar Sept. 2, the UCSB Economic Forecast Project gave an update on current health and economic conditions for Santa Barbara County.Economic…

Issues & Ideas: Racism, climate change, and crunching the reopening numbers at UCSB,

Tom Wilmer

In this edition of Issues & Ideas—protests, demonstrations and rallies continue across the Central Coast and nation, and one of the many issues brought…

Central Coast Business Week

This week for the business wrap-up, we speak with the Economic Vitality Corporation's CEO/President Michael Manchak about the following topics:New…