Mar 12, 2024 | 2024 Research, Featured Home, Featured Research, Inflation Reports, Research
Inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the Phoenix metro area continued its decline in February, falling from a rate of 2.7% year-over-year in December to 2.2% in February – the lowest inflation rate since February of 2021.
Mar 11, 2024 | 2024 Research, Featured Home, Job Reports, Research
Arizona gained 10,900 nonfarm jobs in January (+0.34%) – the 10th-fastest month-over-month employment growth rate among all states.
Feb 27, 2024 | 2024 Research, Featured Research, Housing & Our Community, Research
PDF| SYNOPSIS Jim Kolbe Free Enterprise Fellowship Brandon Bloch is CSI Arizona’s Jim Kolbe Free Enterprise Junior Fellow. He graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.A. in Political Science from Arizona State University. He has interned in a U.S. Congressional District...
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%.
Feb 15, 2024 | Featured Home, Featured Research, Jobs & Our Economy
While on average, consumer prices have risen 92% since the turn of this century, the prices of six goods have more than doubled – gasoline (+260%), home prices (+214%), rent (+167%), medical care (+154%), college tuition (+119%), and food away from home (+114%).
Feb 8, 2024 | 2024 Research, Featured Home, Featured Research, Research, State Budget
During the 2024 legislative session, it is vital for citizens to be aware of the history of spending across the entire budget –the General Fund ($18 billion), and the approximately 1,200 Other Funds that spend another $47 billion.