SouthBay Research LLC was founded in 2009 to be the most accurate forecaster of job trends in the United States.  And we are.

For 2011, SouthBay beat Bloomberg Consensus and the survey's Top 5 forecasters for accuracy.

(Difference to actual private NFP payrolls measured as Mean Error.  Additional Bloomberg Economist Survey performance detail here).

SouthBay Research LLC delivers accurate insights into employment, business and consumer trends by directly measuring actual economic activity.  Using proprietary algorithms for extracting high frequency data from internet sources, each week 1 million data points are collected, quantified and analyzed.  Real-time data points from across 45 major metro areas, enabling a better and faster check up on employment trends.  An unequaled insight into the US economy and individual market sectors.

The SouthBay Edge: faster and more accurate.

Through a digital mirror of the economy, SouthBay can acquire more data, systematically mine it, and quickly generate a view of current activity months.   Data that doesn't show up in official sources for weeks and months.

• Unique Data: Applies proprietary algorithms on data sources that others are not using

• Accurate: Forecasting that beats Bloomberg Consensus and the Top 5 economists on the survey

• Timely: Available before other forecasters and well before official statistics

• Highly Sensitive: spots inflection points and emerging trends

Extending beyond employment trends, SouthBay provides original and insightful analysis on key business, consumer and industrial trends.  To round out our understanding for clients, we delve into key production inputs such as semiconductors.  SouthBay has developed an index built on select Semiconductor data.  This Index is designed to be a 6 month leading indicator, is strongly correlated with GDP, and provides superior insight into business, industrial, and consumer spending.