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Free Enterprise Report: 2026 Edition

The Free Enterprise Report is a marquis report that provides an objective, non-partisan, fact-based analysis of the Oregon economic landscape and the state’s most pressing issues. The study is a year long undertaking and includes the CSI Economic Performance Index as well as a Free Enterprise Competitiveness Index across eight different policy areas.

Both indices provide an opportunity to look backwards and better understand where Oregon has been and what direction we are moving. We can better understand how we are performing relative to other states and we can equip policy makers, civic and business leaders with the best understanding of how our state is performing, where we are winning, where we are losing and how free enterprise principles can get us back on track.

 
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Jobs & Our Economy
Inflation in the Pacific Region-March 2026

In the first quarter of 2026, consumer prices in the Pacific region continued to rise but remained below the national average, with a 12-month increase of 3.1 percent compared to 3.3 percent nationally. Ene

April 10, 2026 Serra KirschMark McMullen
Jobs & Our Economy
Oregon Jobs and Labor Force Update - January 2025

Oregon's labor market closed out 2025 with an average of 9,000 fewer jobs than the prior year, as weakness spread across most industries and the unemployment rate climbed to its highest level outside a rece

April 01, 2026 Serra KirschMark McMullen
Taxes & Fees
Washington Takes the Gamble: Now, 40,000 Make Their Decision

Common Sense Institute analyzes Washington State's Senate Bill 6346, which proposes a 9.9% income tax on earnings over $1 million — a move that would take Washington from having no income tax to the fifth h

Free Enterprise Report
Oregon's Free Enterprise Report: 2025 Edition

The Free Enterprise Report is a marquis report that provides an objective, non-partisan, fact-based analysis of the Oregon economic landscape and the state’s most pressing issues.

January 13, 2025 Mark McMullen