In this impact brief, we simulate the effects of COVID-19 and responses to the disease on local government tax revenues in the short run.

Tags: health, disaster impact, economic impact, government, financial crisis

In this brief analysis, we provide a potential scope of the impact on employment in Indiana in the wake of COVID-19, providing simulations of the likely effect of extreme social distancing on the state’s economy in 2020.

Tags: health, recession, disaster impact, indiana, employment

The growing risk of contracting COVID-19 has prompted calls in many nations to engage in Social Distancing. This is a deliberate effort to reduce the transmission of the disease in businesses, schools, and gathering places.

Tags: employment, health, government, technology and automation, workforce and human capital, disaster impact

This study examines per capita healthcare expenditures, hospital prices, and market concentration (monopolization) in Indiana, through the context of healthcare outcomes and behaviors. We construct a healthcare expenditure model of all 50 states and compare the per person expenditures in other states to Hoosier residents in 20 categories of potential causal factors.

Tags: indiana, health, sectors and industry clusters

We review changes in U.S. employment and output, with considerations for the manufacturing and housing industries. We then provide the 2020 forecast and predict economic performance at the state and local levels.

Indiana Economic Outlook event sponsored by First Merchants. Presented Dec. 11, 2019.

Tags: economy, forecasts, manufacturing, taxes, indiana, incentives and programs