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San Diego County On Pace To Add 31K Jobs

The University of San Diego Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate's Index of Leading Economic Indicators rose 0.3 percent between July and August, it was announced Wednesday.

Index of Leading Economic Indicators - August
Index of Leading Economic Indicators - August

"The outlook is for continued solid growth in San Diego's economy at least through the first half of 2015," said USD professor Alan Gin. "The local economy has done well so far this year, with the county on a pace to add 31,000 jobs."

The August surge was fueled by an improving employment picture, consumer confidence and the outlook for the national economy, offsetting declines in residential building permits and a dip in prices for local stocks, according to Gin.

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If the job growth pace continues, it will be the first time since the late 1990s where at least 30,000 positions were added in three straight years, according to Gin.

On the other hand, he said the number of residential building permits that were handed out in the first eight months of the year is down 2 percent from the same period in 2013. The category has declined in seven of the first eight months of this year.

Wednesday's release was the first for the index since January. The normally monthly snapshot had been on hiatus because of difficulties in obtaining help- wanted advertising data, Gin said. He said the issue has been resolved, and he plans to release his next report by the end of this month.

The index stood at 128.5 in August, the highest point since a 129.4 was recorded in February 2007.