Past Reports

Past Reports

Past Reports

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2025

International Trade Forecasts | An Overview of World, U.S., California, Orange County and Southern California Exports
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	International Trade Forecasts \| An Overview of World, U.S., California, Orange County and Southern California Exports (pdf) By: Mira Farka, Ph.D. and Adrian R. Fleissig, Ph.D. Fresh off a sweeping electoral victory, the second Trump administration is attempting nothing short of a radical remake—of both the post-war global order and the U.S. economy...

Orange County Business Expectations Survey, OCBX 2nd Quarter 2025
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	Orange County Business Expectations Survey, OCBX 2nd Quarter 2025 (pdf) By: Anil K. Puri, Ph.D. The overall index, OCBX, for the 2nd quarter of 2025...

Orange County Business Expectations Survey, OCBX 1st Quarter 2025
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	Orange County Business Expectations Survey, OCBX 1st Quarter 2025 (pdf) By: Anil K. Puri, Ph.D. The overall index, OCBX, for the 1st quarter of 2025...

2024

Fall Economic Forecast | THE “VIBES ECONOMY”: Outlook for Growth and Inflation Amidst Election Uncertainty
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	Fall Economic Forecast \| THE “VIBES ECONOMY”: Outlook for Growth and Inflation Amidst Election Uncertainty (pdf) By: Anil K. Puri, Ph.D. and Mira Farka, Ph.D. Take growth first. U.S. real GDP has grown by an average pace of 2.8% over the past two years and a heftier 3.2%...

Orange County Business Expectations Survey, OCBX 3rd Quarter 2024
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	Orange County Business Expectations Survey, OCBX 4th Quarter 2024 (pdf) By: Anil K. Puri, Ph.D. The overall index, OCBX, for the 4th quarter of 2024...

Little Saigon, Orange County: A Demographic & Economic Profile (PDF)
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	Little Saigon, Orange County: A Demographic & Economic Profile (PDF) By: Anil K. Puri, Ph.D., Aaron Popp, Ph.D., and Adrian Fleissig, Ph.D. After the Fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, 1.5 million to 2.5 million Vietnamese residents...

Orange County Business Expectations Survey, OCBX 3rd Quarter 2024
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	Orange County Business Expectations Survey, OCBX 3rd Quarter 2024 (pdf) By: Anil K. Puri, Ph.D. The overall index, OCBX, for the 3rd quarter of 2024...

Spring Economic Forecast | STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN: Will the U.S. Economy Continue to Outperform? Outlook for Growth and Inflation amidst Rising Risks
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	Spring Economic Forecast \| STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN: Will the U.S. Economy Continue to Outperform? Outlook for Growth and Inflation amidst Rising Risks (pdf) By: Anil K. Puri, Ph.D. and Mira Farka, Ph.D. Consumer price index (CPI) inflation has declined from a 40-year high of 9.1% in June 2022 to a current 3.5%....

2024 International Trade Forecasts Report
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	2024 International Trade Forecasts By: Mira Farka, Ph.D. and Adrian R. Fleissig, Ph.D. The traditional vision of global interconnectedness is being replaced by a world of cliques and walls. Trade and business relations are further strengthened between countries....

Orange County Business Expectations Survey, OCBX 1st Quarter 2024
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	Orange County Business Expectations Survey, OCBX 2nd Quarter 2024 (pdf) By: Anil K. Puri, Ph.D. The overall index, OCBX, for the 2nd quarter of 2024...

Economic Forecast 2024: MISSION IMPOSSIBLE? Searching for Growth in an Inflationary Economy
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	Economic Forecast 2024: MISSION IMPOSSIBLE? Searching for Growth in an Inflationary Economy (pdf) By: Anil K. Puri, Ph.D. and Mira Farka, Ph.D. Real GDP growth posted solid gains in the first half of the year, growing by 2% in the first quarter and by 2.1% in the second....