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The United States Won’t Renew the USMCA: What It Means for US-Mexico-Canada Trade & Regional Economies
1: In July, the United States declined to extend the USMCA. On July 1, 2026, the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) Free Trade Commission held its six-year joint review of the Agreement. In it, the United States declined to extend the USMC…
Powering Data Centers: The Economic Effects of Rising Electricity Demand
1: AI is Driving an Unprecedented Surge in Electricity Demand In recent years, artificial intelligence proliferating across the US has driven unprecedented investments in data center infrastructure. Amid data center buildouts, energy consu…
Why Housing Affordability Matters for Economic Development
Across the United States, housing affordability has become an important economic development consideration. The availability and cost of housing can influence where families relocate, how businesses recruit workers, and how communities purs…
PROSERIS Set to Transform Regional Economic Modeling with AI-Powered Insights
Click here learn more about Proseris. REMI Proseris is an innovative economic modeling platform, which is releasing soon. Proseris will redefine how policymakers, researchers, and economic development professionals analyze regional econom…
Tariff Analysis is Crucial for States Economic and Fiscal Health
April 2nd, 2025, was declared Liberation Day by President Donald Trump. He announced widespread “discounted reciprocal tariffs” calculated by trade deficits between the United States and other nations. These tariffs are meant to protect Ame…
Wildfires in Los Angeles Underscore a Critical Need for Resilience Investment
Recent deadly wildfires in Los Angeles have once again highlighted the devastating impact of climate-driven natural disasters. With thousands of acres burned, hundreds of homes lost, entire communities displaced, and multiple lives lost, it…
2024 Economics Nobel Prize Winners
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel was awarded to Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and James Robinson from the University of Chicago. The laureates began r…
Stellantis Expansion in Belvidere, Illinois
Stellantis and the United Auto Workers have come to a tentative agreement to expand operations in Belvidere, Illinois. The agreement includes plans to invest $4.8 billion to reopen a distribution center closed in February and potentially de…
Economic Impacts of Broadband Expansion in Indiana
Indiana has experienced a significant economic transformation through strategic investments in broadband infrastructure. In 2018, Indiana announced the Next Level Broadband Connections program, and in 2021 the state announced the Indiana Co…
Rising Gas Prices: Current Effects and Future Implications
Since 2020, the world’s economy has been crippled due to the supply chain shock and labor shortages created by the Covid-19 pandemic. A new global disruption has caused the demands for commodities to soar – war. Russia stopped all internati…
Our Rapidly Transforming Energy Industry: How Economic Modeling Evaluates Environmental and Energy-related Policy Variables
Energy and environmental policies continue to make headlines in 2022, emphasizing our rapidly changing renewable energy productions and the anticipated impacts of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, bipartisan legislation passed by…
How REMI Contributes to the Future of Economic Analysis
The legislation developed by our elected officials at the local, state, regional, and national levels directly influences the day-to-day life of every American. Whether targeted towards post-pandemic relief, regional development, equality p…