Escape Velocity
How Elite Communities Are Pulling Away in the 21st Century Race for Jobs, Businesses, and Human Capital
Read moreJoint Economic Committee Hearing on The Promise of Opportunity Zones
May 17, 2018: John W Lettieri, Economic Innovation Group *Watch the full hearing here.
Read moreThe 2017 Distressed Communities Index
The Distressed Communities Index (DCI) combines seven complementary metrics into a broad-based assessment of community economic well-being in the United States.
Read moreLatest Data Show Entrepreneurship Remains Subdued in the United States
The U.S. Census Bureau released the latest annual update of its Business Dynamics Statistics dataset yesterday. The dataset is a critical source of information on trends in new business formation and the broader company landscape in the United States. Unfortunately, the new Census data underscores that, even as many areas of the economy continue to recover from…
Read moreIndex of State Dynamism
The Index of State Dynamism (ISD) combines seven economic indicators into a single measure of a state’s dynamism each year going back to 1992. Explore the data state by state and over time below.
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