University of Oregon Regional Economic Indexes By Tim Duy Oregon Economic Forum University of  Oregon The Oregon economy began 2014 on solid footing. Highlights of the report include: – The Oregon Measure of Economic Activity was 0.26 in January, compared to an upwardly revised 0.38 the previous month. The three-month […]

By Portland Business Alliance Value of Jobs Coalition reveals $2.7 billion earnings gap between Portland-metro college-educated workers, U.S. metro average The Value of Jobs coalition released a groundbreaking study examining Portland-metro’s decline in personal income per capita relative to the U.S. metro average. The findings show that Portland-metro’s college-educated workers […]

Patrick Emerson PhD , OSU Economist Oregon Economics Blog Here is a graphic of inbound and outbound goods relocations from Atlas Van Lines. Lots of folks moving to Oregon.  In general this picture immediately struck me as showing the movement to jobs, especially the North Dakota and Montana bits (Oregon […]

John Raidt Foundation Scholar Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council Today, as ever, man seeks to comprehend the world more coherently. We aim to identify and better understand the trends shaping society so that we can better anticipate their opportunities and challenges. For the past 20 years, the mega-trend of globalization has […]

By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Blog The housing recovery has clearly stalled out in the past 6 months or so. Permits, starts and sales have all leveled off– or worse. The most likely culprits are the continued strong home price appreciation coupled with the run-up in mortgage […]

Associated Oregon Industries Oregon’s largest business advocate Employment law issues were most certainly not in the spotlight in February. At the outset, AOI was poised to take on the issue of a mandated paid sick leave proposal, but a bill was never introduced. AOI’s employment law agenda was modest. First, […]

By Steve Buckstein Cascade Policy Institute When Phil and Penny Knight announced last September* that they would offer $500 million to OHSU for cancer research if the public matched their gift, it understandably led to an outpouring of positive comments and support. But then, OHSU wanted state taxpayers to come […]

Patrick Emerson PhD , OSU Economist Oregon Economics Blog It is slow but it is steady – Oregon’s climb out of the deep pit that was the Great Recession continues albeit at a snail’s pace.  While job growth was only 1,000 in the black (on a seasonally adjusted basis), the […]

Bret Swanson Foundation Scholar President, Entropy Economics LLC Today’s iPhones have the same capabilities (and more!)  than 13 distinct electronics gadgets, worth more than $3,000, found in a 1991 Radio Shack ad. Buffalo writer Steve Cichon was the first to dig up the old ad and make the point about the seemingly […]

Associated Oregon Industries Oregon’s largest business advocate The saga of the I-5 Bridge took another twist. It was one of many. In 2013 the Oregon Legislature passed a bill authorizing funding for the span provided that (amongst other things) the State of Washington commit to its share of funding by […]