O.C. economy to add 60,000 jobs through 2013
At the biannual presentation Wednesday, they predicted the Orange County economy will add more than 60,000 jobs in 2012 and 2013 combined, and that the US gross domestic product will grow 2.3% and 2.6% in each year, respectively.
In a second month of surprising gains for the US jobs market, the Labor Department on Friday reported that the economy added 243,000 jobs in January, for a drop in the unemployment rate to 8.3% from December's 8.5%.