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Arizona’s Free Enterprise Report – 2023 Edition

Jobs & Our Economy
Inflation in Arizona April 2025 Update

Inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the Phoenix metro area rose 0.3% year-over-year in April, a decrease from 1.8% in February.

Jobs & Our Economy
Arizona Jobs and Labor Force Update: April 2025

Arizona gained 11,400 nonfarm jobs in March (+0.35%, -0.3% year-over-year) – putting Arizona 6th among all states in monthly job growth

April 18, 2025 Kamryn Brunner
State Budget
2025 Arizona Budget Then and Now

This year, the Legislature will enact and the Governor execute a budget that spends over $60 billion – including from the General Fund ($16 billion), and approximately 1,200 Other Appropriated Funds ($5 bil

April 07, 2025 Glenn FarleyZachary Milne
Free Enterprise Report
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