The NW coffee entrepreneur, Howard Schultz, talks about Starbuck’s new policy on asking customers to refrain from bringing guns into their stores which has created a firestorm.

Excerpt from Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas: One way to measure the cost of lost output is in terms of how much worse off society is relative to a baseline trend that might have existed absent the crisis. Such an exercise is crucial to grasping the magnitude of what occurred […]

Barran Liebman Oregon Law Firm Following in the footsteps of Portland and Seattle among other places, advocates in Tacoma, Washington are moving forward with plans to implement a paid sick leave ordinance. The organization Healthy Tacoma is spearheading the effort and claims to have the support of at least four […]

Patrick Emerson PhD , OSU Economist Oregon Economics Blog Oregon Adds 4,500 Jobs but Unemployment Rate Climbs to 8.1% Oregon’s jobs picture keeps playing the same old song.  Decent jobs growth, but not great.  Unemployment stuck at an unacceptably high rate, though not as bad as the worst days of […]

University of Oregon Regional Economic Indexes By Tim Duy Oregon Economic Forum University of  Oregon Economic indicators show that Oregon continues to hold its momentum of recent months. Highlights of the report include: • The Oregon Measure of Economic Activity rose to 0.20 in July from an upwardly revised -0.05 […]

CNN Money showcases the new trend to produce cash using plastic (which is more durable and less counterfeitable). Watch the video below.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce The mayor of the District of Columbia today vetoed a controversial bill that would have forced certain employers to pay a so-called super-minimum wage to their employees, which comes as good news for Washington, D.C. As this blog reported over the summer, the District’s city council in July passed the Large […]

By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Blog. During our most recent forecast release, the discussion with the Legislature turned to the topic of trends in public sector employment both from a near-term perspective and from a long-term viewpoint. My comments were along the lines that the public sector […]

by David Kinkade By U.S. Chamber of Commerce If you go to your local Craigslist page and search under “Appliances,” you’ll find virtually endless listings of new and used refrigerators, washers, dryers, stoves, and other household items. Should you be in the market for a new appliance, there’s no shortage […]

Barran Liebman Oregon Law Firm By José Klein NLRB Judge Holds that Company Dress Code Interferes with Employees’ Rights under the NLRA Alma Products Company produces component parts for automobiles and has a unionized workforce. In 2012, during a contentious bargaining period for a new contract, employee Mark Gluch wore […]