A Republican legislator is criticizing claims Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee co-chairs made on television.

By Mike Walden The most recent job market report for January was received with much enthusiasm. Total jobs in the country increased by 130,000, the highest number since May 2025. The unemployment rate ...

Our nation is in a dangerous economic situation this year. A financial crisis worse than that of 2007-09 is now possible, because of the ways markets have developed, and because the Federal ...

Discover strategies to protect your finances from stagflation, learn its causes, and understand measurement methods to maintain financial security.

Multnomah County commissioners will soon embark on another summer of Preschool for All revenue discussions—and an early draft report from a key group of advisors provides some insight into what might ...

The U.S. economy experienced a slowdown in 2025, with the rate of GDP growth dropping because of tariffs and a government shutdown.

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Is the waste management industry a good long-term investment? Learn how it works, the risks, and the long-term outlook for investors.

Building on Ben Bernanke’s widely used recession probability model, we invented a better model using exactly the same ...

U.S. economic growth likely slowed to a still-solid pace in the fourth quarter because of disruptions from last year's government shutdown and a moderation in consumer spending, though tax cuts and ...