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2025 Common Sense Institute Free Enterprise Report

The Free Enterprise Report is a marquis report that provides an objective, non-partisan, fact-based analysis of the Arizona economic landscape and the state’s most pressing issues. The study is a year long undertaking and includes the CSI Economic Performance Index as well as a Free Enterprise Competitiveness Index across eight different policy areas.

Both indices provide an opportunity to look backwards and better understand where Arizona has been and what direction we are moving. We can better understand how we are performing relative to other states and we can equip policy makers, civic and business leaders with the best understanding of how our state is performing, where we are winning, where we are losing and how free enterprise principles can get us back on track.

 

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Jobs & Our Economy
Arizona Jobs and Labor Force May Update

Arizona added 2,000 non-farm jobs on a seasonally adjusted basis in May (+0.06%), ranking 30th among all states and Washington D.C. The U.S. gained 172,000 jobs in May (+0.11%).

June 23, 2026 Zachary Milne
State Budget
Budget Then & Now 2026

A look into Arizona's budget trends.

Free Enterprise Report
2026 Free Enterprise Report

CSI's annual Free Enterprise Report analyzes the economic competitiveness of Arizona.