By Jabob Grier, Portland Writer Cocktail consultant, magician, blogger. Liquidity Preference Blog Depending on whom one asks, Bitcoin is the future of currency, a useful tool for conducting transactions with vast untapped potential, or a speculative bubble of no lasting consequence. Enthusiasm for Bitcoin also signals various commitments, as Tyler […]

By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Blog New occupational data for 2013 was just released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Overall 2013 was not only stronger than previous years, since we already knew job growth accelerated, but the pattern of growth across occupations was also more encouraging.  […]

By Richard Rahn Institute for Global Economic Growth & Cato Institute senior fellow Paper currency is dirty and is a major transmitter of disease as it goes from unwashed hand to unwashed hand. It is easily lost and stolen, and can be easily destroyed by getting wet or burned. It […]

By Economist Dr. Eric Fruits, Econinternational Portland home prices are up 13 percent from last year, despite seasonal slowing.

By Portland Business Alliance Alliance board announces candidate endorsements for May primary election The Alliance board of directors endorsed a selection of candidates running for office at various levels of government, including the City of Portland, State Legislature, Multnomah County, Washington County, Clackamas County and Metro. The Alliance board endorsement […]

University of Oregon Regional Economic Indexes By Tim Duy Oregon Economic Forum University of  Oregon Oregon’s economy continues to expand at a somewhat above average pace. Highlights of the report include: – The Oregon Measure of Economic Activity was 0.11 in February, compared to a revised 0.32 the previous month. […]

Honorable Greg Walden Excerpts on Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Hearing on “Ensuring the Security, Stability, Resilience, and Freedom of the Global Internet” I cannot overstate the importance of freedom of the Internet from government control. Nor can I overstate the threat from foreign governments who seek to control, tax, […]

U.S. Chamber of Commerce by Esther Shein How often have you watched a TV show and wanted to look something up about an actor or find out more about a scene while you watch? So has Zane Vella. As the former software developer sees it, timeline-based metadata is the “missing […]

Associated Oregon Industries Oregon’s largest business advocate Two things.  First, would State Senator Betsy Johnson (D-Scappoose) face a primary challenge from the left? On some very key business, management, and environmental issues, Senator Johnson has joined with Republicans to block measures harmful to Oregon’s business community. With a slim 16-14 […]

By Jan Meekcoms Oregon NFIB Just like Oregon, Wyoming voters were sold on the need for annual Legislative sessions. Unlike Oregon, Wyoming was wooed into annual sessions for the purpose of fine tuning the state budget and dealing with emergency matters – that’s all, just the budget and any emergency […]