June 2021 Oregon Statewide Economic Indicators

Below is the University of Oregon State of Oregon Economic Indicators for June 2021. The release date is August 2, 2021. Special thanks to our sponsor, KeyBank.

Link to full report (with charts!) here.

Oregon’s economic expansion remained intact in June. The Oregon Measure of Economic Activity rose from 0.35 to 0.44 while the moving average measure, which smooths out the monthly volatility, was 0.28 (where 0.0 is the average pace of growth since 1990). Highlights of the report: Continue Reading

May 2021 Regional Economic Indicators

Good afternoon.  Below is the University of Oregon Regional Economic Indexes for May 2021. The release date is July 28, 2021. We thank KeyBank for their generous support of this project.

I apologize that regional reports have been delayed in recent months. The reports require data from a number of different sources and since the pandemic began there has been in increase in data reporting delays that feed through to me (not unlike the supply chain challenges many firms are currently experiencing). Hopefully these delays will become fewer in the months ahead.

If you need to obtain a full series of any of the measures, please contact me.

Full report here with charts!

Oregon Regional Economic Indicators

Growth remained solid in Oregon’s largest metro regions in May. The moving average measures, which track the underlying trend, are all above zero (zero represents the average pace of growth for each area). Report highlights include: Continue Reading

April 2021 Oregon Statewide Economic Indicators

Below is the University of Oregon State of Oregon Economic Indicators for March 2021. The release date is June 8, 2021. Special thanks to our sponsor, KeyBank.

Link to full report (with charts!) here.

 The Oregon Measure of Economic Activity, a measure of the strength of growth, fell to -0.10 in April while the University of Oregon Index of Economic Indicators, a measure of the direction of the economy, rose again in April. Highlights of the report include: Continue Reading