By Oregon House Speaker, A bill calling for training of workers to fill the green jobs of tomorrow passed the Oregon House Wednesday by a 42-16 vote. House Bill 3300 requires the Oregon Workforce Investment Board to develop a green jobs workforce plan that includes a coordinated strategy to better […]

By Dr. Eric Fruits, EconInternational Portland Economist Vice President Joe Biden says “everyone guessed wrong” on the impact of the $800 billion economic stimulus.  What he meant was that everyone in the Administration guessed wrong.  That point is made clear by the latest Recovery Report Card.  May unemployment was 1.6 […]

“Social networks are exploding in popularity. Forty-three percent of the online community now uses social networking sites, including Facebook, MySpace and LinkedIn. This is up from 27 percent a year ago, reports The Conference Board and TNS…More than half of social networkers log on at least once a day, and […]

Oregon US Representative Greg Walden was on C-Span on the Congressional Hearings on auto dealership closings. Below is his opening statements. PRESS RELEASE BELOW

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Oregon’s Employment Situation: May 2009 By Oregon Employment Department, Oregon’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 12.4 percent in May compared with 11.8 percent (as revised) in April. The 12.4 percent reading was the highest on record since the current series began in 1976, topping the previous high mark of […]

By Bill Conerly, Oregon Economist Businomics, Conerly Consulting LLC The economy is still headed down.  The best monthly look at the economy’s current state involves the four coincident indicators.  These tend to move up and down as the overall economy moves up or down.  Consequently, the folks who determine business […]

Oregon Employment Department: Oregon’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 12.0 percent in April compared with 11.9 percent (as revised) in March. The state’s unemployment rate remains well above its year-ago level of 5.6 percent in April 2008. Since falling to a cyclical low of 5.0 percent in […]

ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN WIDESPREAD AMONG STATES IN 2008 Advance 2008 and Revised 2005–2007 GDP–by–State Statistics. New statistics released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis show that economic growth slowed in most states and regions of the U.S. in 2008 as economic growth overall slowed. Real GDP growth slowed in […]