UCLA economists discuss U.S. and California forecast [Google+ Hangout]

By Ricardo Lopez

Sept. 20, 2012 12 AM PT

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;California’s tech boom is bolstering the economy and new jobs are being created every month, but the state’s employment gains in the last year could be largely lost should conditions in&amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;a class=”taxInlineTagLink” href=”https://www.latimes.com/topic/intl/china-PLGEO00000014.topic”&amp;gt;China&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;a class=”taxInlineTagLink” href=”https://www.latimes.com/topic/intl/europe-PLGEOREG0000014.topic”&amp;gt;Europe&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;worsen substantially.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;LIVE VIDEO DISCUSSION: Join us at 1 p.m. today.&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;The quarterly UCLA Anderson Forecast, released &amp;lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ucla-forecast-20120920,0,7873481.story”&amp;gt;Thursday&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;, said an imploding Eurozone crisis and a further slowing of the Chinese economy, though not likely, are “not out of the question.”&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span&amp;gt;The Times will host a Google+ Hangout at 1 p.m. PDT with UCLA senior economists Jerry Nickelsburg, author of the California forecast, and David Shulman, author of the U.S. forecast. The conversation will be moderated by Times California economy reporter Ricardo Lopez. We invite you to join in on the conversation by posting comments below.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;ALSO:&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-bakersfield-boomtown-20120909,0,3243629.story”&amp;gt;Many signs point to a Bakersfield boom&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-fi-drought-corn-research-20120917,0,2177728.story”&amp;gt;As drought hits corn, biotech firms see lush field in GMO crops&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ucla-forecast-20120920,0,7873481.story”&amp;gt;California’s economy is vulnerable to a European and Chinese slowdown&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;ricardo.lopez2@latimes.com&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Follow Ricardo Lopez on &amp;lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/#!/rljourno”&amp;gt;Twitter&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

UCLA economists discuss U.S. and California forecast [Google+ Hangout]

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