Data Center Key Reports
Check here to see many of the key reports on the Massachusetts economy.
New England Public Policy Center
The New England Public Policy Center at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston promotes better public policy in New England
Recent Report: A More Equitable Approach to Cutting State Aid
Babson College
Babson faculty members are leading providers of global entrepreneurship intellectual capital.
Archive: 2008 Babson Entrepreneurship Monitor For The Commonwealth Of Massachusetts: Fueling Economic Development Through Entrepreneurship
Recent Report: Global Entrepreneurship Monitor: 2011 Global Report
Beacon Hill Institute
BHI engages in rigorous economic research for the purpose of producing and disseminating readable analyses of current public policy issues.
Recent Report: 2011 Beacon Hill Institute State Competitiveness Report
The Boston Indicators Project
The Boston Foundation coordinates the Boston Indicators Project in partnership in order to analyze and tracks change across 10 sectors and six cross-cutting topics of Boston and its neighborhoods.
Recent Report: 2012 Boston Indicators Report
The Brookings Institution
The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC whose mission is to conduct high-quality, independent research and, based on that research, to provide innovative, practical recommendations.
Recent Report: Locating American Manufacturing: Trends in the Geography of Production
Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED)
CFED releases a scorecard that assesses the 50 states and the District of Columbia on how well residents are faring and what states can do to help residents build and protect assets.
Archive: The 2009-2010 Assets & Opportunity Scorecard
Recent Report: The 2012 Assets & Opportunity Scorecard
Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development
The Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development's mission is to create jobs and homes in the Commonwealth, which it achieves by aligning the state's housing and economic development agencies to better coordinate Massachusetts policies and programs.
Recent Report: Choosing to Compete in the 21st Century: An Economic Development Policy and Strategic Plan for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts December, 2011
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Public Policy Discussion Papers
Written for policymakers, informed business people, and academics by economists at the Boston Fed. Many of the papers present research intended for professional Journals.
Archive: Mismatch in the Labor Market: Measuring the Supply of and Demand for Skilled Labor in New England, November 2010
Recent Report: Account-to-Account Electronic Money Transfers:Recent Developments in the United States, October 2011
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Lessons From Resurgent Cities
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston has been steadily executing a project to help rejuvenate the city of Springfield, Massachusetts.
Recent Report: Lessons From Resurgent Cities
The Kauffman Foundation
The Kauffman Foundation is a foundation devoted to entrepreneurship that releases reports on state’s competitiveness.
Recent Report: 2010 State New Economy Index - Kauffman Foundation Full Report
Massachusetts Benchmarks
A project of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, and managed by the UMass Donahue Institute, these quarterly reports discuss of broad economic trends, industry analysis, special topics, public opinion polling and regional analysis.
Recent Report: 2011 Volume 13, Issue 2
Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council
Seeking to create a positive environment and united voice for the Massachusetts Medical Device Industry, and to implement collaborative initiatives which make Massachusetts the medical device research, development and manufacturing capital of the world.
Recent Report: Medical Device Industry Exports Growing at Twice the Rate of All Others in State Combined
Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
Using a collaborative approach to bring together leaders from industry, academia, and government to advance technology-based solutions that lead to economic growth and a cleaner environment in Massachusetts.
Recent Report: Research and Innovation Led the Massachusetts Economic Recovery March 2012
MassBio
The Massachusetts Biotechnology Council is an association of more than 600 biotechnology companies, universities, academic institutions and others dedicated to advancing cutting edge research and advocating for the Bay State’s world premier life science cluster.
Archive: MBC Strategic Outlook for 2015 and Strategic Plan
Recent Report: MassBio in 2011: A Year in Review
Massachusetts Resource Assessments
In collaboration with the Commonwealth, MassEcon retained John Rhodes of Moran Stahl Boyer to conduct economic development resource assessments of Massachusetts and its regions - as well as market evaluations of 16 43D sites throughout Massachusetts.
MassInsight
MassInsight provides public policy services to businesses, institutions, associations and government focused on strategic Massachusetts issues.
Recent Report: Boston Financial Services Forum: Savings, Security, and Economic Growth
Milken Institute
An independent economic think tank whose mission is to improve the lives and economic conditions of diverse populations in the United States by helping implement innovative ideas.
Recent Report: 2010 Milken Institute “State Technology and Science Index” (MA ranks #1!)
New England Council & Deloitte Consulting LLP
An alliance of institutions and public and private organizations throughout New England promoting economic growth and a high quality of life in the New England region.
Recent Report: June 2009 "Reexamining Advanced Manufacturing in a Networked World: Prospects for a Resurgence in New England"
UMass Donahue Institute
The UMass Donahue Institute's Economic and Public Policy Research unit works with faculty to produce high-level economic and public policy research. The research is disseminated as free-standing research reports and published through the journal MassBenchmarks.
Archive: The Defense Industry in Massachusetts: Current Profile and Economic Significance
Recent Report: Commonwealth Pilot Schools: Year Three Policy Brief
Western Massachusetts Electric Company
The major distributor of electricity in western Massachusetts, is also a supporter of the Team New England economic development initiative and the EDC is a frequent participant in their activities.
Recent Report: 2012 Western Mass Economic Review
