December 12, 2022 – Joint Venture’s research arm, the Silicon Valley Institute for Regional Studies released this research brief in partnership with Second Harvest of Silicon Valley and with Joint Venture’s Food Recovery Initiative. Entitled, Food Needs Terminology: History, Usage, and Limitations, the brief tackles the challenge of confusing nomenclature within this critical arena, and offers potential approaches to better define community needs in Silicon Valley and beyond. The objective was to examine a more sustainable way to calculate, discuss, and communicate food needs in Silicon Valley, with applicability in communities elsewhere.
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Q3 2022 - Silicon Valley’s commercial space indicators reveal that companies are adjusting to new expectations around remote work. The latest analysis from Joint Venture’s Institute for Regional Studies shows that, despite increased vacancy rates, the total number of leases still surpassed last year’s totals.
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November 18, 2022 – The unemployment rate in Silicon Valley held firm at 2.1% in October, identical to the rate in September. Overall employment in the region increased by nearly 1,500 workers, while the number of unemployed people decreased by just over 600.
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October 21, 2022 – The unemployment rate in the Silicon Valley region decreased to 2.1% in September, which is 0.2 percentage points below the rate in August and equals the unemployment rate in July. Overall employment in the region increased by just over 1,000 workers.
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September 2022 – This study models what would happen if publicly-funded preschool and after-school care were available to every child under the age of five in Santa Clara County.
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October 4, 2022 – According to the 2022 Silicon Valley Poll, nearly three out of four residents say their quality of life in the Bay Area has declined over the last five years, a concern that holds across all age, income, and education levels.
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September 16, 2022 – Silicon Valley’s unemployment rate grew slightly to 2.3% in August, a 0.2 percentage point increase from July.
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Q2 2022 - Through the first half of 2022, Silicon Valley’s commercial space indicators paint a complex picture through diverging trends, according to the latest analysis from Joint Venture Silicon Valley’s Institute for Regional Studies, in partnership with JLL Silicon Valley.
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August 22, 2022 – The unemployment rate in Silicon Valley decreased to 2.1% in July, which was just below June by 0.1 percentage points.
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July 25, 2022 – The unemployment rate in the Silicon Valley region increased to 2.2% in June, which was higher than the rate in both April and May.
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