Due to life circumstances, I will be out of the office for a few weeks and then likely only back on a part-time basis through the summer. As a result, blogging activity is likely to be lower. However, I am working on writing and scheduling a number of posts in advance for your enjoyment while I am out. More importantly, I am getting Mark and Kanhaiya signed up as official blog authors so they can post as well. Hopefully all of this will still provide you with your latest and greatest look at the Oregon economy from employment to demographics to revenue and the like. In the meantime, I hope everyone is able to enjoy their summer.
Given that economists have two graphs to explain everything, I’ll leave you with this as the reason for my hiatus. The dotted lines are the original distribution while the solid lines are the updated probabilities conditional on the fact that it hasn’t happened just yet 🙂
Mark McMullen
Josh Lehner
Oregon Office of Economic Analysis 
Nice work, Josh! Enjoy the time with the new little one!
By: Charles Rynerson on June 12, 2013
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Thanks Charles. It has been both relaxing and nerve racking these first couple weeks. So far so good though!
By: Josh Lehner on June 24, 2013
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Very nice and I wish you the best for you family!
By: Theresa Springer on June 12, 2013
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Thanks Theresa. Everything is going well so far and everyone is healthy so I couldn’t be happier.
By: Josh Lehner on June 24, 2013
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Congratulations Josh! Your posts will be missed for a while.
By: J. Moncayo on June 12, 2013
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Thanks Jorge! I’m trying to stay somewhat ontop of the recent news and hope to have a few posts coming up soon.
By: Josh Lehner on June 24, 2013
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Congratulations! Love the graph. Have a great summer with the new baby.
By: Vince Adams on June 13, 2013
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Thanks Vince; much appreciated. So far everything’s going very well.
By: Josh Lehner on June 24, 2013
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Josh, your family time will be a good break from your economics work. But, based on my experience as a dad, in time you’ll welcome getting back to the job. –David Cooke
By: David Cooke on June 20, 2013
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Appreciate it. So far everything’s going really well, but it is hard to stay away from all the exciting economics stuff at the moment.
By: Josh Lehner on June 24, 2013
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Just found your blog site. Awesome.
By: Laura Lockwood-McCall on June 26, 2013
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Thanks Laura, hope you’re doing well.
By: Josh Lehner on June 26, 2013
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Congratulations on your new little one! I love the graph. I hope you’re enjoying whatever rest you find time to get.
By: Gail Krumenauer on June 26, 2013
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Thanks Gail! So far so good, everything’s great. Hope your little one will be just as wonderful!
By: Josh Lehner on June 26, 2013
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By: Oregon Stay-At-Home Parents | Oregon Office of Economic Analysis on June 18, 2014
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I have landed on this post via your latest “Oregon Stay-At-Home Parents” post – ironically, 15 days after my 3rd son was born. His scheduled due date was June 12th, 2014 🙂 Love your blog (which I discovered via an OSCPA conference) – hope your little one is doing well!
By: Dustin Poland on June 18, 2014
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Thanks Dustin! She just turned 1, so far so good!
By: Josh Lehner on June 18, 2014
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