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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
Estate Taxes, Migrating 65+ Population, and the Money We Leave Behind

Oregon’s estate tax has the nation’s lowest exemption and ranks third-highest in rates—costing the state population, jobs, and billions in economic activity.

Jobs & Our Economy
Oregon Jobs and Labor Force – February 2025 Update

Oregon's labor market held steady in February 2025, but construction saw its largest job loss since April 2020. Unemployment rose to 4.5%.

March 27, 2025 Serra KirschMark McMullen
Jobs & Our Economy
Oregon’s PLA Mandate: What It Means for the State’s Workforce

Project Labor Agreements (PLAs), mandated by Governor Tina Kotek's Executive Order 24-31, represent a significant shift in Oregon’s approach to public construction projects. Rooted in federal labor law, PLA

Taxes & Fees
Oregon’s Proposed Tire Tax

OREGON’S PROPOSED TIRE TAX - WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE ECONOMY