By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis The housing market has been overheated during the pandemic. Between strong household finances and demographics, demand has outstripped supply. The result is both for rent vacancies and for sale inventories are low. Rents and home prices have increased considerably. The mortgage rate […]

By Oregon Restaurant and Lodging Association,This July, the World Athletics Championships come not only to the United States for the first time, but to Oregon.  We are a leader in track and field with Hayward Field consistently hailed as an elite track and field venue, but we are also a […]

NFIB, The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation’s leading small business advocacy organization, released the following statement regarding the latest plan by the Senate to implement the Small Business Surtax and raise taxes on Main Street: “This plan to implement a Small Business Surtax is a direct attack […]

By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis “Inflationary booms traditionally don’t end well.” Mark McMullen, State Economist That was Mark back in our forecast release in February. Since then inflation has continued to stay elevated, and inflation expectations are creeping higher. Yesterday we saw a noticeably more hawkish Federal […]

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden Press Release, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., commended domestic airlines for committing to offer a ticket option for nonbinary customers by 2024. In a letter to Airlines for America, which represents domestic carriers, he thanked them for the commitment, which came in response to inquiries by […]

Portland Business Alliance, The Portland Business Alliance, in partnership with a coalition of regional and statewide business associations, is pleased to announce the release of “Oregon: The State of Sport,” a new economic study that highlights Oregon’s competitive advantage and the economic power that the Athletic, Outdoor, Team and Recreation […]

By US Chamber of Commerce Press Release, The U.S. Chamber of Commerce today launched an extensive campaign to expose and defeat Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra’s ideologically driven agenda to radically change the nature of America’s financial services industry. If allowed to proceed, his agenda would harm […]

Annual Compliance Check: Planned Increase in Oregon’s Minimum Wage is Effective July 1 By Josh Goldberg Barran Liebman Law Firm It is that time of year again when employers must ensure that their pay rates are consistent with Oregon’s annual automatic increases to the minimum wage. The new applicable minimum […]

By Josh Lehner, Oregon Economic Analysis Office Our economy, and our society have long-standing disparities that remain today. The good news so far this cycle is that when it comes to employment trends and opportunities by age, gender, geographic location, and race and ethnicity, these disparities are not wider today […]

By Lars Larson, KXL Radio radio host I’m not dumb enough to argue Portland has a great city government. It failed miserably during the last two years especially as mobs in the streets demanded defunding of police…leading to a massive increase in crime. Now, a charter review commission has come […]