A few items for you consideration this morning: 1.) My column at Bloomberg from last week: The Federal Reserve has taken unprecedented steps in recent weeks to cushion the U.S. economy from the effects of the expanding coronavirus pandemic, including… Continue Reading
Crisis Update – March 27, 2020 The economy is currently experiencing the impact of a sudden stop of economic activity. While we will continue issuing our usual monthly reports as data allows (some local level data will be delayed as… Continue Reading
From the Portland Business Journal: University of Oregon economics professor Tim Duy is a frequent commenter on economic policy. As the coronavirus outbreak fuels more ecomic damage and stock market gyrations, he spoke with the Business Journal by phone about… Continue Reading
Crossposted with Tim Duy’s Fed Watch In an effort to keep financial markets from spiraling out of control, the Federal Reserve came out with the big guns Sunday afternoon.This will not prevent the economic downturn that is already upon us.… Continue Reading
This is the University of Oregon State of Oregon Economic Indicators for January 2020. The release date March 13, 2020. Special thanks to our sponsor, KeyBank Link to full report (with charts!) here. The Oregon Measure of Economic Activity rose… Continue Reading
