The nation's unemployment rate climbed to 10.2 percent in October, its highest level since 1983. In California, unemployment was at 12.2 percent. UCLA has faculty with expertise on unemployment and the economy.

 

Edward Leamer, director of the UCLA Anderson Forecast, comments regularly on the local, national and international economies.

Media contact:

Allison Holmes | 310-206-7707 | allison.holmes@anderson.ucla.edu

Dianne Dillingham | 310-206-7707 | dianne.dillingham@anderson.ucla.edu

 

Jerry Nickelsburg, a senior economist with the UCLA Anderson Forecast, is an expert on the national and California economies.

Media contact:

Allison Holmes | 310-206-7707 | allison.holmes@anderson.ucla.edu

Dianne Dillingham | 310-206-7707 | dianne.dillingham@anderson.ucla.edu

 

Chris Tilly, director of the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, is an expert on labor markets and the relationship between public policies and the creation of jobs.

Media contact:

Meg Sullivan | 310-825-1046 | msullivan@support.ucla.edu

 

Lee Ohanian, professor of economics, is an expert in macroeconomic theory and policy, business cycles and growth, and the stock market and financial markets.

Media contacts:

Meg Sullivan | 310-825-1046 | msullivan@support.ucla.edu

 

Roger Farmer, professor of economics, specializes in the role of market psychology on economic activity.

Media contact:

Meg Sullivan | 310-825-1046 | msullivan@support.ucla.edu