US Regional Services

The US Regional Service provides comprehensive analysis and forecasts at the regional, state, county, and metropolitan levels. We use a unique bottom-up and top-down model to construct 5- and 30-year forecasts for:

• 9 regions (using 32 NAICS sectors) 
• 50 states (using up to 300+ variables) 
• 363 metropolitan areas and 29 metropolitan divisions (using up to 75+ variables) 
• 3,100 counties (using up to 40+ variables)

Our team of regional experts also provides you with written executive summaries that include:

• Contextual updates on economic performance, including business and housing activity 
• Five-year outlook for key regional employment growth sectors 
• An understanding of each region's economic structure and growth potential

US Regional Service capabilities include:

• US state, metropolitan, and county-level forecasts 
• US residential real estate forecasts for state and metropolitan areas 
• US regional transportation impact models 
• US regional executive summary 
• US metro trends

Benefits:

The US Regional Service enables you to:

• Measure markets: compare and rank markets by opportunity 
• Benchmark revenue and sales projections by region based on credible, consistent forecasts 
• Evaluate economic development initiatives 
• Measure the economic impact of regulatory or fiscal changes at the state, metro, or county level 
• Assess the economic benefit of a new plant or investment project on a community

US Regional Executive Summary

Features:

• Quarterly regional forecast for all 50 states and the District of Columbia 
• Summation of state forecast results used to derive census region forecasts 
• Forecasts involve 200+ variables for each region 
• Coverage of the following nine US census regions: 
  • New England 
  • Middle Atlantic 
  • South Atlantic 
  • East North Central 
  • East South Central 
  • West North Central
  • West South Central 
  • Mountain 
  • Pacific 
• Availability in hard copy and through our client-access website, MyInsight

• Executive summary including: 
  • 30-year forecasts, updated monthly 
  • Concise snapshot of the trends and issues shaping major U.S. metropolitan area economic growth, such as: 
    • Real estate prices 
    • Biotechnology clusters 
    • Rising wages 
    • Population shifts 
• Availability through our client-access website, MyInsight

US State Service

Features:

• Economic analysis and forecasts for all 50 US states and the District of Columbia 
• Separate econometric model for each state that accounts for unique factors, including: 
  • Economic structure 
  • Relative costs 
  • Worker productivity 
  • Demographic characteristics
  • Employment profile 
  • Labor market conditions 
  • Tax policies 
• Monthly updated 30-year forecast for each state 
  • Alternative scenarios available for each forecast cycle 
• Availability in hard copy and updated continuously on our client-access website, MyInsight 
  

US Metropolitan Area Service

Features: 

• Economic analysis and forecasts for 363 metro area economies and 29 metro divisions 
• Forecasts modeled on each area's economy in detail, analyzing such factors as: 
  • Economic structure 
  • Industry mix 
  • Worker productivity 
  • Demographic characteristics 
  • Employment profile 
  • Labor market conditions 
  • Major employers 
  • Detailed industry sectors 
• Forecast models constructed to capture the historical relationships between the metro's economic performance and changes in the US and world economies 
• Monthly updated 30-year forecast for each state 
• Alternative scenarios available 
• Availability in hard copy and updated continuously on our client-access website, MyInsight 
  

US County Forecast

Features: 

• Economic analysis and forecasts for over 3,100 US counties 
• 30-year forecasts, updated semi-annually 
• Availability following completion of our long-term US state and MSA forecasts on a semi-annual basis 
• Forecasts include up to 30+ variables, including: 
  • Income, wages 
  • Employment for 11 major industry categories 
  • Population by age cohorts 
  • Households by age cohorts

US Regional Transportation Impact Models

Features:

• Custom-built models measuring the direct and indirect impacts of transportation infrastructure projects on each state's economy, including: 
  • Impact on gross state product (GSP)
  • Impact on employment by business sector for 32 NAICS sectors at the three-digit NAICS level 
• Analysis also customizable for metro and county levels 
• Methodology based on estimated change in freight flows due to an infrastructure enhancement

U.S. Residential Real Estate Forecasts for State and Metropolitan Areas

Features:

• Detailed analysis of demand-side drivers for the residential real estate market in: 
  • Each of the 50 states 
  • District of Columbia
  • 363 metro areas 
  • 29 metro divisions 
• Ability to forecast such variables as: 
  • Housing starts 
  • Affordability 
  • Sales prices 
  • Mortgage activity 
• Availability through our client-access website, MyInsight