Quotes by Art Ayre

“There is a weakening trend showing up in the numbers since June. It does appear over the last few months that were hitting a soft patch of our own. Im sure thats discouraging to those looking for a job.”

“I was hoping it would go down a little more than it did.”

“This is generally more good news, a lower unemployment rate, additional seasonally adjusted job growth, continued growth and improvement in the Oregon economy.”

“A good portion of the Oregon economy is very close, or at, all-time highs.”

“We are down in pretty low territory.”

“We produce data on average wage by industry, but the portion of compensation that we havent had (in our surveys) is benefits, We decided it was time to get on the bandwagon and do this.”

“We have picked up the pace pretty substantially. It is surprising the forecasters.”

“Weve been on a smooth downward trend.”

“What you can see just walking around Portland is evidence of whats going on in construction.”