By Steve Buckstein Cascade Policy Institute, Trying to sell voters on the largest tax increase in Oregon history, Measure 97 proponents claim that “Oregon ranks dead last in corporate taxes.” But the nation’s leading independent tax policy research organization, The Tax Foundation, says this claim is misleading. It looked at three ways to rate corporate […]

By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Blog Oregon businesses reported 61,000 job vacancies in summer 2016. That marks an increase of 19,700 job vacancies from the prior summer, and the largest number of job vacancies recorded in the state since the Oregon Job Vacancy Survey began in 2008. […]

University of Oregon Economic Indexes By Tim Duy Oregon Economic Forum University of  Oregon Oregon Statewide Economic Indicators: Incoming data continue to indicate that Oregon is in the midst of a more mature stage of the business cycle as the pace of growth levels off after the acceleration out of […]

 by Jason Norris, CFA Executive Vice President of Research Ferguson Wellman, A leading Oregon financial firm A Nobel Prize for Bob Dylan couldn’t buoy the markets last week. Uncertainty in China and a rocky start to earnings season resulted in a down week for stocks. While equities rallied on Friday, […]

By NFIB, Brace yourselves, owners: Hillary Clinton‘s plans to raise the estate tax could be a huge hit to small businesses and farmers. The Democratic presidential candidate has proposed an increase to a top rate of 65 percent, a number that small business owners and farmers fear could put them […]

By Oregon Employment Department, Oregon’s minimum wage will increase each year through 2022, as outlined in Senate Bill 1532, which was passed on March 2, 2016.  The Oregon Employment Department has studied this topic from many angles. For example, we know minimum wage jobs account for about 5 percent of […]

Dr. Eric Fruits Oregon Small Business Association For much of the past year, economists employed by the State of Oregon have described the state’s employment growth as running at “full throttle.” Even the most recent forecast from the state says the Oregon’s job growth is full throttle. The dictionary, however, […]

By Oregon Restaurant & Lodging Association, In a few short weeks it will be hard to miss the battle taking place on Oregon’s ballot between those advocating for more tax revenue for state government versus those against it. The $6 billion tax increase proposal is the largest in state history […]

By Cascade Policy Institute, Once again, Portland led the nation this July with its home prices rising 12.4 percent year-over-year versus the national average of just 5.0 percent. As of April, Portland remained the 12th most expensive rental market in the nation. These numbers are not unrelated. Housing prices are […]

EEOC Refreshes Guidance on Retaliation By Allison Jacobsen Retaliation is the most frequent basis for discrimination claims made by employees, and charges alleging retaliation have nearly doubled since 1998. Retaliation claims arise when employees allege that they suffered an adverse employment action because they engaged in protected activity, such as […]