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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. 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-January 2026

Pacific-region inflation remained above the national average in January 2026, with CPI-U up 2.9% year over year versus 2.4% nationally, and up 0.4% from November to January. While headline inflation is cool

February 13, 2026 Serra KirschMark McMullen
Jobs & Our Economy
The Economic Impact of Outdoor Sports in Oregon

Outdoor recreation plays a major and durable role in Oregon’s economy, supporting thousands of jobs, hundreds of millions in visitor spending, and significant resident economic value across the state. Activ

Jobs & Our Economy
Oregon Jobs and Labor Force Update - December 2025

Oregon’s labor market showed renewed weakness at the end of 2025, with December job losses erasing recent gains and unemployment remaining well above the national rate. While monthly payroll and unemploymen

January 22, 2026 Serra KirschMark McMullen
Jobs & Our Economy
Where Oregon Grows Its Christmas Cheer

Oregon’s Christmas tree industry includes 318 licensed growers across 17 counties, with nearly half concentrated in Clackamas and Marion counties. In 2023, growers harvested 3.17 million trees, generating a

December 20, 2025 Serra KirschMark McMullen