Economist to speak at North Clackamas Chamber event
John Mitchell: With continuing uncertainty, we will come back in a different place
North Clackamas Chamber of Commerce will host economist John Mitchell for a Zoom forum at noon Tuesday, March 30.
Mitchell s presentation titled Infection, Recession, Restoration will cover the outlook, risks and some longer-term implications of how the 2020 pandemic and our response to it resulted in an unanticipated recession with disparate impacts on different sectors of the economy and society. He noted that policy makers continue to respond to the pandemic forcefully with both monetary and fiscal measures.
While all 50 states went through a period of employment declines, Oregon s job growth went from the top tier to the middle of the pack, according to Mitchell s analysis.