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2025 Common Sense Institue 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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Education
Echoes in the Halls Arizona School Districts’ Growing Problem with Empty Buildings and Empty Buses

The market value of the excess space held by Arizona district schools is $12.2B, enough to cover 10 years of capital expenditures or save $1B annually in maintenance and operations if divested.

August 07, 2025 Glenn Farley
Jobs & Our Economy
Arizona Jobs and Labor Force Update - June 2025

Arizona lost 8,400 nonfarm jobs on a seasonally adjusted basis in June (-0.26%) – ranking Arizona 46th among all states in monthly job growth.

July 18, 2025 Zachary Milne
Jobs & Our Economy
June 2025 Arizona Inflation

Inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the Phoenix metro area rose 0.2% year-over-year in June, a decrease from 0.3% in April.

July 15, 2025 Owen Fink