Michael Hendrix Director, Research & Emerging Issues U.S. Chamber Foundation Forum for Innovation for your Friday reading. Is the price of oil about to plunge? A new forecast from the International Energy Agency finds growing spare capacity in the global oil market, with many oil fields operating at less than […]

Congressman Greg Walden I rise in support of H.R. 1580, sometimes referred to as the “Internet Freedom Bill.” The Internet is possibly the most important technological advancement since the printing press. Governments’ hands off approach has enabled the Internet’s rapid growth and made it a powerful engine of social and […]

By  J.L. Wilson Associated Oregon Industries With the unemployment rate in Oregon stuck above the national average – and incomes far below the national average – AOI believes the Legislature has the opportunity to make substantial investments in industrial site readiness, core infrastructure and brownfields redevelopment, investments that will spur […]

In-Migration Fueled Oregon Population Growth in 2012 by Nick Beleiciks Oregon Employment Department The Population Research Center at Portland State University publishes annual population estimates for Oregon and its counties as of July 1. These reports include the broad reasons behind the changes in population. The components of change in […]

As CNN-Money reports, because breast pumps are covered by the Affordable Care Act it has created a surge in consumer purchases creating a supply chain problem as revealed by several breast pump outlets. The Washington post reports, Tucked within the Affordable Care Act is a provision requiring insurance companies to […]

By  Deidra Krys-Rusoff Ferguson Wellman Portland investment firm Ask any municipal bond expert what keeps them awake at nights and I guarantee that concerns over the escalating costs of pensions and post-retirement benefits for municipalities is on their top 10 list. The pension landscape is changing; as costs increase, the […]

Oregon average is more expensive than in 2011 but not as high as last year By Oregon — American Automobile Association “Memorial Day weekend is almost here and gas prices in Oregon will likely be less expensive than last year but more expensive than in 2011. The national average for […]

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Hollywood script writers must be going through an unimaginative streak. As The Wall Street Journal reports, this summer will see the release of movies in which the antagonists are…surprise – corrupt, evil, and greedy business executives scarier than Darth Vader, the Joker, or Hannibal Lecter. Doesn’t […]

Economy Decent But Not Great: The Businomics Newsletter  by Bill Conerly, Oregon economist Conerly Consulting, Businomics

By  J.L. Wilson Associated Oregon Industries Unions are also in the cross-hairs with three initiative petitions. Right on the heels of the defeat of the $275 million tax package on the House Floor two weeks ago (which would have added $114 million in new taxes per biennium on C-Corps) Oregon’s […]