Employment Quotes
You've still got a continuing upward swing of manufacturing employment, which is not the norm nationally. That's telling you that something very solid is happening in the Oregon economy.
- Tim Duy

You've had obviously a rise in gasoline prices, which is the visible price in the economy... There's (also) a tendency of the public to look at the unemployment rate that actually rose in March, while Wall Street looks at payrolls (which showed a large jump in the number of people working.)
- Ethan Harris

You've got employers who are facing the highest energy costs, the highest wages, the highest unemployment insurance, the highest real estate costs -- and to now put this on? You're going to be in a position where the job growth isn't there, where people aren't making a decision to grow their business.
- Bill Vernon

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