Oregon economy: Outperforming US, not in a recession, resilient (opens in new tab)

In some quarters, there’s a fair amount of bad-mouthing of the Oregon economy, claiming we’ve got a terrible business climate, and that Oregon’s outlook is much worse the the US. A broader look at the data shows that the Oregon economy is quite robust: state per capita income has made up nearly all the gap with the national average, Portland is creating new manufacturing firms faster than any other large metropolitan area in the US, the Brookings Institution rates the metro Portland economy i...