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2021 Annual Report

As we close the door on 2021 and look to the future, the answer to our ongoing economic challenges remains the same: embrace the free enterprise system.

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Impacts of Saving Colorado Businesses on the Current $5.3 Billion Tax Bill: Analysis of the Governor’s Budget Request to Contribute $600 Million to the State’s Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund

Due to the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic and the state government’s policy responses, Colorado’s unemployment levels spiked in early 2020 and caused the state’s Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund to become deeply insolvent.

2021 Year in Review

Team & board changes; events discussing issues, policy measures, and research; development of research on the most critical debates facing Colorado.

Colorado Jobs and Labor Force Update: November 2021

Despite concerns of rising inflation and a new COVID-19 variant, November job growth in Colorado remained relatively strong at 9,800 jobs. This is above the monthly average job growth needed to fully recover to a pre-pandemic employment-to-population ratio by 2023.

RECENT RESEARCH

The Rankings Book – 2022 Edition

Dec 13, 2021 | 2021 Research, Featured, Featured Research, Recent Research, Research

The Rankings Book – 2022 Edition, is the companion to the inaugural edition of the Colorado Free Enterprise Report.

Inflation in Colorado – November 2021

Dec 10, 2021 | 2021 Research, Featured, Featured Research, Jobs & Our Economy, Recent Research

In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and trillions of dollars of pandemic relief spending by the federal government, the rate of inflation in the U.S. has grown sharply in 2021 and become one of the most-discussed economic issues of the day. High inflation levels erode savings and increase the costs of daily commutes, groceries, and other consumer goods.

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CSI’S MISSION

CSI’s mission is to examine the fiscal impacts of policies, initiatives, and proposed laws so that Coloradans are educated and informed on issues impacting their lives. Common Sense Institute was founded in 2010 originally as Common Sense Policy Roundtable. CSI’s founders were a concerned group of business and community leaders who observed that divisive partisanship was overwhelming policymaking and believed that sound economic analysis could help Coloradans make fact-based and common sense decisions.