October 6, 2020 - Joint Venture's Institute for Regional Studies has released analysis that reveals that the market cap of Silicon Valley and San Francisco stocks, in aggregate, are now 11 percent and seven percent higher, respectively, than prior to the pandemic-related decline.
September 18, 2020 - Joint Venture’s Institute for Regional Studies released an analysis of post-COVID unemployment rates alongside 20 years of pre-COVID historical data. The numbers reflect the sharpest month-over-month decline since the region’s unemployment rate peaked at an unprecedented 11.6 percent in April.
August 21, 2020 - Joint Venture’s Institute for Regional Studies released an analysis of post-COVID unemployment rates with pre-COVID historical data. The numbers reflect a 9.3% regional unemployment rate for July, a 1.4 percentage point decline since June, and a 2.3 percentage point decline since the unprecedented April high.
Q2 2020 - This is the Institute's second quarterly report on Silicon Valley commercial space since the onset of COVID-19. The report showed leasing activity has been muted with concentrated efforts in renewals. More sublease space has come onto the market and current construction projects have continued with some delays. New speculative development has been put on hold.
July 17, 2020 - The Institute released analysis of post-COVID unemployment rates compared to 20 years of pre-COVID historical data. The numbers reflect a minimal decrease of 0.3 percentage points in the regional unemployment rate from the May rate of 11 percent, and only 0.6 percentage points below the unprecedented 11.6 percent in April, which surpassed even the post-dot com bust and recession highs of 2009.
July 16, 2020 - The Institute compiled an assessment of Bay Area public interest trends based on web searches conducted since March 15 via Google Trends. This compilation provides a human-interest sidebar to the numerous economic data releases published by the Institute since the onset of the pandemic.
July 7, 2020 - The Institute compares 19 regional response funds with a range of focus areas, including housing needs, community-based nonprofits, small businesses, childcare providers, schools, and the needs of low-income individuals throughout the region.
June 26, 2020 - A snapshot of the region’s initial public offerings (IPOs) for the first half of 2020. Compared to last year’s 34 Silicon Valley and San Francisco IPOs (22 in the first half), there were a mere six over the past six months.
June 19, 2020 - An analysis of post-COVID unemployment rates compared to 20 years of pre-COVID historical data. The numbers reflect a minimal decrease of 0.6 percentage points in the regional unemployment rate from the unprecedented 11.6 percent in April – a rate surpassing even the post-dot com bust and recession highs of 2009.
June 2, 2020 - The Institute has released a report that examines the reduction in Silicon Valley’s regional ground and air transportation, declines in traffic delays, as well as the impact of those reductions on transportation-related injury crashes, regional air quality, and greenhouse gas emissions.
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