May 14, 2009 - Chart: Most retail areas see decline
Census Bureau numbers show retail sales dropping 0.4% from march to April.
May 13, 2009 - Oregon Economist: Obama jobless predictions off by 2.9 million
Obama economists’ jobless predictions off by 2.9 million By Dr. Eric Fruits, EconInternational Recovery Report Card – Revised Jobless Predictions: In January, Administration economists Romer & Bernstein predicted that stimulus spending would mean that unemployment at the end of this year would be 7.6 percent. Now, Christina Romer, chairwoman of […]
May 13, 2009 - Consumer Spending Index Dips Again in Apri
May 12, 2009 - Senate Backs Away From Employer Gag Bill
Article by J.L. Wilson Associated Oregon Industries Oregon’s Largest Business Lobby SB 519 gets sent back to committee, indicating lack of support. AOI initiated its most intense grassroots efforts of the 2009 Session this week on SB 519, also known as the “Employer Gag Bill.” SB 519 makes it illegal […]
May 12, 2009 - Census: Lowest population mobility ever recorded
May 11, 2009 - Construction Spending: Not Good News At All
By Bill Conerly, Businomics, Conerly Consulting LLC I tried to get excited about the latest news, focusing on non-residential construction. (No hope any time soon for residential activity.) Here’s the private non-res data:
May 10, 2009 - Bank Stress Test Results: Which banks needs help
May 10, 2009 - 539,000 Jobs lost in April. Government adds 66,000
May 9, 2009 - CareerBuilder ends Wieden & Kennedy ads
Advertising Age reports:”After an at times tumultuous relationship with ad agencies, the No. 1 job site in the country, CareerBuilder, will no longer work with an agency of record and is taking its advertising in-house. The move ends CareerBuilder’s two-year run with Wieden & Kennedy, Portland, Ore., which picked up […]
May 8, 2009 - Beeronomics: Is Craft Beer Recession Proof After All?
What the Beer data means for Oregon By Patrick Emerson Oregon Economics Blog I stumbled across this little tidbit when I was looking for some coverage of Boston Brewing’s Q1 report (the essence is business is down at Boston Brewing about 5%). Here is the interesting passage from the Patriot […]