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Arizona’s Free Enterprise Report – 2023 Edition

Jobs & Our Economy
Inflation in Arizona December 2025 Update

Inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the Phoenix metro area rose 2.2% year-over-year in December, an increase from 1.4% in August – the last time the CPI was released for the Phoenix

January 13, 2026 Zachary Milne
Education
Why Are Public Schools Closing?

Tracking Arizona's Public-School Closures

January 05, 2026 Kamryn BrunnerGlenn Farley
Jobs & Our Economy
Arizona Jobs and Labor Force September 2025 Update

Arizona gained 2,200 non-farm jobs on a seasonally adjusted basis in September (+0.07%), the 21st highest monthly gain among all states and D.C.

December 12, 2025 Zachary Milne
Free Enterprise Report
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