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Oregon April non-farm jobs increased 3,900 over March. The April labor market update was posted by the Oregon Employment Department on Tuesday. This is the largest month-on-month increase since October 2007. Using the 3,900 jobs to calculate an annualized growth rate yields 3.0 percent, see the chart below. The 3,900 jobs gained comprised of . . . → Read More: The April Oregon Employment Situation Today’s Oregon jobs report for December shows mixed results in the State’s job market. The OES’s Labor Market Information System provided the December estimates for the state this morning and will provide them for Oregon’s counties on Friday morning. The State’s Year-over-year job losses are improving a bit, from a loss of about five . . . → Read More: Oregon’s December Jobs Report We are pleased to annouce the Oregon/Central Oregon Economic Forecast seminar will be held January 28, 2010 at the Riverhouse Hotel and Convention Center in Bend. Registration and breakfast will start at 7:00 AM and the seminar starts at 8:00 AM. The Presentations will Include: Gary Findley, The Status of Banks Jeffrey Speakes, Banking and the . . . → Read More: Oregon/Central Oregon Economic Forecast Seminar By my count, and I could be wrong, 36 Oregon economist signed a letter supporting the Legislature’s tax increases in response to the State’s budget problem. These are the key paragraphs: “ Cutting state spending reduces in-state aggregate demand, virtually dollar-for-dollar. Some forms of state spending, particularly in the area of health care, bring . . . → Read More: Increase Taxes or Cut Spending: Oregon’s Bleak Choice |
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