Economy

Dutch Bros moving 40% of corporate jobs out of Grants Pass

February 24, 2024

Dutch Bros to move 40% of corporate jobs out of Grants Pass and send them to the new corporate headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona by January 1,2025. Years ago we worked hard to get the internet infrastructure here so that innovative companies like Musicians Friend and Motorcycle USA as well as…

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Gartner Predicts CFOs will be Challenged with EBITDA Margins That will Shrink by More than 30% by 2027

February 14, 2024

By 2027, weak demand and rising costs will shrink earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) margins by more than 30% relative to 2022, according to Gartner, Inc. Most corporations will find it tougher to attain growth through 2026 as elevated levels of consumer debt and weaker-than-expected corporate cash…

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More Hispanic families are reaching the middle class

January 16, 2024

By  Tim Henderson – December 28, 2023 https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2023/12/28/more-hispanic-families-are-reaching-the-middle-class/ The Hispanic middle class has grown faster than the white or Black middle class in the past decade and has reached near-parity with the white middle class in seven states, according to a new Stateline analysis. Between 2012 and 2022, the percentage of…

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Southern Oregon University President Rick Bailey celebrates 2 years at the helm

January 16, 2024

By Jim Teece JimTeece.com  I got a “Happy New Years” card from the President of Southern Oregon University, Rick Bailey, this year and proudly held it above my head and danced around the room showing it to Dena and the dogs. With the dance moves I was making you would…

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New Report Details – Paid Family, Medical, and Safe Leave Impacts in Oregon

August 13, 2023

The following is a summary of findings from our latest report. For more details, read the full report, or get the top takeaways from the report in the podcast. Paid Leave Oregon will provide paid leave time for parents bonding with new children, serious health conditions experienced by workers or their families, or…

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Oregon Exports Continued Strong Growth in 2022

August 13, 2023

Oregon exports have grown quickly over the past four to five years. In fact, while the state experienced recession at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, we saw exports out of the state accelerate. Much of this acceleration was due to the high demand for semiconductors the past several years,…

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Oregon’s Leisure and Hospitality Industry

August 13, 2023

Leisure and hospitality businesses employed 198,200 workers on average in 2022, up from 162,200 workers in 2020. Of those, roughly one out of nine jobs were in accommodations, slightly less than in arts, entertainment, and recreation where about one in eight leisure and hospitality industry jobs were. About three-fourths of…

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Rogue Valley Travel Impacts 2022

July 16, 2023

Preliminary data for 2022 from a Dean Runyan Associates study for the Oregon Tourism Commission shows that total direct travel spending in Oregon rose 23.2% in 2022 compared with the 2021 figure. Travel spending rose from $11.0 billion in 2021 to $13.9 billion in 2022 and was $1.1 billion above…

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Oregon Economic Update: No Recession in 2023

July 13, 2023

by Amy Vander Vliet Oregon Regional Economist July 11, 2023 Inflation is slowing, wages are rising, and job growth remains strong. For these reasons, the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis (OEA) believes we will avoid a recession in the near term. However, we’re not out of the woods yet. Inflation remains…

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Economic Indicators: What do they tell us?

June 10, 2023

We live in a data rich world where much of our life is measured, ranked, and quantified. If you have kids, you know that one of the first things the doctors and nurses do in the hospital after the birth of your child is to measure their weight and length.…

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Oregon Economic Development Agency Launches Program to Boost Rural Businesses

April 9, 2023

The Oregon Economic Development Agency (OEDA) has launched a new program to help boost rural businesses across the state. The program, called the Rural Business Development Program, is aimed at providing funding and support to small businesses in rural communities that have been hit hard by the economic challenges of…

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Smaller Oregon companies looking for semiconductor funding

March 8, 2023

CORVALLIS— In a small laboratory on HP’s Corvallis campus, a group of Oregon State University graduates are producing a chemical that will make semiconductor chips smaller, lighter and more efficient to produce. The company, Inpria, was born out of an Oregon State University professor’s research group about 15 years ago.…

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