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Portland Msa Economic & Population Outlook (October 2019), Thomas Potiowsky, Portland State University, Northwest Economic Research Center

Northwest Economic Research Center Publications and Reports

A new entry for the record books: Portland MSA employment expansion is the longest on record, having surpassed the 1990’s expansion last September. And we now sit in October and are one month shy of a decade of job growth. While the length of this expansion is impressive, if we compare the same length of time (9 years and 9 months) of this expansion with that of the 1990s, jobs increased by 33.6% in the 1990s while increasing 24.4% in the 2010s.

The Portland MSA recorded the 4th fastest percentage gains in household income in the country from 2007 to …

Portland Msa Economic & Population Outlook (April 2019), Northwest Economic Research Center, Thomas Potiowsky

Northwest Economic Research Center Publications and Reports

NERC's biannual forecast of employment, income, and housing permits for the Portland MSA. The April release also includes the annual forecast of population and households.

Oregon Manufacturing Extension Partnership: Economic Impact Analysis January 2019 Update, Emma Willingham, Peter Hulseman, Hoang The Nguyen

Northwest Economic Research Center Publications and Reports

NERC's sixth report for OMEP, the direct, indirect, and induced impacts of the Partnership's contributions to local firms are estimated for the 2017 calendar year.