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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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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

Jobs & Our Economy
The Local Economic Gains from March Madness in Portland

CSI estimates that the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament first and second round games hosted in Portland (March 19–21, 2026) drew approximately 25,000 out-of-town visitors and generated roughly $21.9 million

Jobs & Our Economy
The Inflation Hangover How the Post-Pandemic Price Surge Reshaped Affordability in America

In the years since the COVID-19 pandemic, Americans have experienced one of the most abrupt economic swings in modern history.

March 23, 2026 Zachary Milne
Free Enterprise Report
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.