Upcoming Events -- The Bend Oregon Economic Forum, May 22, 2008.

Join us at The Riverhouse Conference Center in Bend, Oregon for a fresh look at new developments in health care policy at the national, state, and local levels. Speakers at this lunch time event will include Jim Diegel, CEO, Cascade Community Healthcare, Barney Speight, Executive Director, Oregon Health Trust Board, JoAnn Lamphere, National Coordinator of the State Affairs Health & Long-Term Care, AARP, and Robin McKnight, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Oregon. Click here for additional information...

Upcoming Events -- The Fifth Annual Oregon Economic Forum, October 16, 2008.

Save the date for a morning event "Ships, Planes, and Trains -- Oregon's Link to the Global Economy," where we will explore the link between transportation infrastructure and Oregon's economic future

News Release

The December Index is now available. The University of Oregon Index of Economic Indicators rose 0.2 percent in December, to 102.6 (1997=100), with the majority of index components improving during the month. Revisions to the 2007 data have been made to account for annual adjustments to the standardization and seasonality factors. The most significant result of the revisions was a minimization of the sharp drop experienced last October. Despite the December gains, the behavior of the index in recent months remains consistent with a substantial risk of recession in the near future.