GAO Discovers Cost of Each DOE-Created Stimulus Job: $194,213 By Congressman Greg Walden, WASHINGTON, DC — A Government Accountability Office report released Thursday shows that the Department of Energy has spent more than $1.9 billion in so-called stimulus funds to create 10,018 jobs through May, an average of $194,213spent per […]

By Bill Conerly, Conerly Consulting, Businomics, Here’s a mediocre forecast for you.  It’s not a double dip or a doomsday story, but it’s decidedly lackluster. At this rate of growth, the economy underperforms its potential for . . . as far as the eye can see. Key motivator of the […]

Flopping Houses leads to Real Estate Fraud By Oregon Small Business Association “Buy low, sell fast” is an increasingly popular tool to make quick cash in a slow real estate market.  The tactic is called Flopping and it is growing in popularity.  It is also considered real estate fraud.  The […]

Race to the Top – The Final 19 by Rosemary Lahasky US Chamber of  Commerce The second phase of the U.S. Department of Education’s $4.35 billion Race to the Top (RTTT) finalists were just announced. Tennessee and Delaware were the only two states to win during phase 1, and over […]

Business Employment Dynamics: Third Quarter, 2009 by Brooke Jackson-Winegardner Oregon Employment Department From June to September 2009, firms in Oregon that were newly opening or expanding added about 86,170 jobs. During the same time, firms that were cutting jobs or closing altogether shed about 93,230 jobs. The result was a […]

By Bill Watkins, Oregon Economic Forecast California Lutheran University Full Report here Oregon is in for at least a couple of more years of economic challenge, and there is little that can be done in the short run. The United States economy will be very soft, and Oregon has the […]

Senator Baucus (D-Mont.) Speaks in Favor of 0% Capital Gains Tax Rate for Startups By Joseph Wallin, Davis, Wright, Tremaine LLP NW law firm [T]he United States Senate will resume consideration of the Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010. The bill will exempt from capital gains tax gains […]

By Patrick Emerson Oregon Economics Blog My little, but highly scientific, poll closed last night and 80% of you indicated that you favor more stimulus over austerity.  There has been a lot of debate in policy circles lately about what the appropriate policy should be right now, but it appears […]

By Valerie H. Sasaki Miller Nash LLP, Oregon and Washington Law Firm One of the hallmarks of good tax policy is predictability in administration. Practically speaking, a taxpayer should be able to rely on the laws in effect when it files its tax return. The Internal Revenue Code adopts this […]

End of Temporary Census Jobs Swells Oregon Job Loss By Oregon Employment Department Oregon’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 10.5 percent in June, essentially unchanged from 10.6 percent in May. The rate has been between 10.5 and 10.7 percent for the most recent eight months. Oregon’s unemployment rate was 11.6 […]