The pace of initial unemployment claims in Oregon has fallen for a second consecutive week although it remains at levels that exceed the worst of the last last recession: The decline in the pace of claims suggests that we are… Continue Reading
Good morning. Below is the University of Oregon Regional Economic Indexes for February 2020. The release date is April 22, 2020. We thank KeyBank for their generous support of this project. Oregon Regional Economic Indicators: Full report with charts here!… Continue Reading
This is the University of Oregon State of Oregon Economic Indicators for February 2020. The release date April 6, 2020. Special thanks to our sponsor, KeyBank Link to full report (with charts!) here. The Oregon Measure of Economic Activity rose… Continue Reading
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
