Jul 12, 2024 | Featured Home, Inflation Reports, Recent Research, Research
Inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the Phoenix metro area rose 2.7% year-over-year in June, an increase from 2.6% in April.
Apr 2, 2024 | Featured Research, Recent Research, Research, State Budget
A thriving economy depends in part on an efficient government that operates at sustainable levels. One measure of efficiency: given the powers and duties reserved to and assumed by a government, how much does it take from the broader economy to accomplish them?
Feb 22, 2024 | 2024 Research, Featured Research, Jobs & Our Economy, Recent Research, Research
Arizona has grown rapidly in the past 10 years – household incomes are more than 50% higher today than they were in 2011, and the percentage of people in poverty is down 7 percentage points to 12.5%.
Dec 13, 2023 | 2023 Research, Energy & Our Environment, Recent Research, Research
A national and even global transition away from coal and towards wind, solar and natural gas generation is occurring; the policy question for states like Arizona is how to conduct this change in a way that protects the stability of its electric grid, keeps prices low, and ensures sufficient electricity generation to meet demand.
Nov 17, 2023 | 2023 Research, Featured Research, Job Reports, Recent Research, Research
Arizona lost 1,200 nonfarm jobs in October (-0.04%) – the 15th-slowest month-over-month employment growth rate among all states.
Nov 15, 2023 | 2023 Research, Featured Research, Inflation Reports, Jobs & Our Economy, Recent Research, Research
On a year-over-year basis, the rate of Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation in the Phoenix metropolitan area decreased in October, matching the lowest rate of inflation since March 2021.