California prepares another minimum wage increase for 2026 as inflation formulas trigger annual adjustments and several ...

It has not been a pretty summer for consumers at California’s supermarkets. That’s what my trusty spreadsheet found when averaging slices of Consumer Price Indexes for three Golden State metro areas: ...

California’s minimum wage inflation isn’t going to stop with the massive fast-food wage hike. Instead, it is going to grow worse year after year. Just four months after the state jacked up the ...

The quarterly UCLA Anderson Forecast calls for the U.S. and California economies to "muddle through" early 2026 before ...

Tenants in Southern California are not getting the same level of relief from rent increases as the average American. This insight comes from my trusty spreadsheet’s analysis of rent inflation data ...

California faces a prolonged employment recession into early 2026, driven by elevated costs, weak job growth, and the early ...

It has not been a pretty summer for consumers at California’s supermarkets. This summer’s pricing – June through August’s reports – shows that prices in the “food at home” category across those three ...