From Regional Multiple Listing Service Sales activity continued to outpace levels from the same month last year in the latest RMLS™ Market Action report. Inventory was also down in several areas, including Lane County, Portland and Clark County. Both pending and closed sales increased in 9 out of 10 of […]

José Pinomesa, Chairman Oregon Independent Auto Dealers Association It is now November and the sale of vehicles has slowed down quite a bit.  I have always said that those with money will always buy what they want when they want.  The problem we have now is not so much with […]

Dr. Eric Fruits, Econinternational Oregon’s legislators are quick to complain that they had to find $2 billion in state budget cuts in the last legislative session. These  complaints are a bit disingenuous when, in fact, as the figure above shows, the legislatively approved budget has increased by $7.6 billion since […]

New Oregon law has ramifications for employers By Matt Lowe, Odonnell and Clark and Crew, Portland law firm Do you have, or do you know of, an employee who always seems to complain about company policies and how those policies violate the employee’s “right” of free speech, or her “right” […]

By Bill Conerly, Businomics, Conerly Consulting I’ve updated my economic forecast for 2010.  Here’s a chart showing quarterly growth rates:

More than 417,000 New Jobs Needed in Oregon To Revive and Grow the Economy U.S. Chamber’s Campaign for Free Enterprise Travels to the Northwest PORTLAND, OR—Today, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s American Free Enterprise. Dream Big. campaign traveled to Oregon to engage local business leaders in an ongoing effort to […]

CareerBuilder Survey Reveals the Most Unusual Requests or Suggestions Hiring Managers Received CHICAGO, November 11, 2009 – Hiring managers nationwide took some time to bring levity to the workplace in a new CareerBuilder survey. More than 2,900 shared the most memorable requests or recommendations they have received in the office […]

By Patrick Emerson Oregon Economics Blog The Oregonian reports on Portland having received a rating as one of the safest walking cities in America—Portland was #9. But is it really a safe walking city? The methodology is seriously flawed. It is clearly designed to make a political point and not provide meaningful data. The […]

Mark Burles Senior Vice President Ipsos Public Affairs , Seattle I think the biggest decision the Obama Administration confronts in preparing for his upcoming visit to China is not what issues to raise with his hosts, but how to raise them. Addressing the key topics first, the issues we need […]

Polls show recession not over, and publis wants business to help not government From Oregon Small Business Association, 82% of Americans think the recession is not over 62% said business will play a larger role in helping the economy recovery than government 45% rated the economy as the most important […]