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Iowa's Free Enterprise Report: 2025 Edition

The Free Enterprise Report is a marquis report that provides an objective, non-partisan, fact-based analysis of the Iowa 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 Iowa 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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Taxes & Fees
Keeping Local Tax Dollars Local

Iowa’s local governments held $2.5 billion in public funds with ISJIT and IPAIT

State Budget
The Iowa Budget Then and Now - FY27

In FY27, Iowa's total appropriations reached $11.3 billion. The General Fund made up 85.7% of the total at $9.65 billion, with the remaining $1.61 billion drawn from other appropriated funds. Total appropri

June 30, 2026 Andrzej Wieciorkowski
Jobs & Our Economy
Iowa Jobs and Labor Force Update - May 2026

Iowa gained 3,400 nonfarm jobs in May, with government employment growing by 800 and private-sector employment growing by 2,600.

June 23, 2026 Andrzej Wieciorkowski
Free Enterprise Report
Free Enterprise Report: 2026 Edition

The Free Enterprise Report is a marquis report that provides an objective, non-partisan, fact-based analysis of the Iowa economic landscape and the state’s most pressing issues.