September 2, 2025 (Salt Lake City) – States and the federal government share a vital economic relationship. This data summary, the thirteenth in a series on state and federal economic linkages from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, presents the Utah-federal government nexus for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Health Insurance Marketplace. […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Nick Thiriot, Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, nick.thiriot@utah.edu, 801-842-9150 August 6, 2025 (Salt Lake City) – Utah’s consumer sentiment fell 4.8% in July, according to the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute’s Survey of Utah Consumer Sentiment. This decline (from 82.3 in June to 78.4 in July) is within the survey’s margin of error. A similar survey conducted by the University of Michigan reports a small increase (1.6%) in sentiment during July among Americans as a whole. […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Nick Thiriot, Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, nick.thiriot@utah.edu, 801-842-9150 July 8, 2025 (Salt Lake City) – The 2024-2025 edition of the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute’s State of the State’s Housing Market report provides a detailed analysis of current housing market conditions in Utah. The report indicates that high but stable housing prices characterized the state’s housing market in 2024, with Utah ranking as the country’s 9th most expensive housing market that same year. Stable prices, however, offered little relief to potential homebuyers as high interest rates and housing prices excluded many households from homeownership. [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Nick Thiriot, Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, nick.thiriot@utah.edu, 801-842-9150 July 3, 2025 (Salt Lake City) – Utah’s consumer sentiment rose 1.5% in June, according to the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute’s Survey of Utah Consumer Sentiment. This modest monthly change (from 81.1 in May to 82.3 in June) is well within the survey’s margin of error. A similar survey conducted by the University of Michigan found a significant change (16.3%) in sentiment during June among Americans as a whole. […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Nick Thiriot, Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, nick.thiriot@utah.edu, 801-842-9150 July 2, 2025 (Salt Lake City) – Utah’s federal, state, tribal, and private land ownership impacts economic development, public finance, recreation, culture, and conservation in important ways. A new report from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute shows that the state contains the second-highest percentage of federal land among all 50 states (64.4%). Just over one-fifth (21.1%) of land in Utah is privately owned, with the rest owned by the state (10.0%) or governed by tribal nations (4.5%). […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Nick Thiriot, Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, nick.thiriot@utah.edu, 801-842-9150 June 30, 2025 (Salt Lake City) – Communities in the four Wasatch Front counties – Salt Lake, Utah, Davis, and Weber – added 36,730 new residents between 2023 and 2024, accounting for 72.9% of the state’s growth, according to the latest subcounty estimates released today by the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute and Utah Population Committee (UPC). The estimates detail both population and housing unit growth for the incorporated communities and census tracts in the state’s four most populous counties. […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Nick Thiriot, Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, nick.thiriot@utah.edu, 801-842-9150 Brooke Heath, Southern Utah University, brookeheath1@suu.edu, 435-586-5400 June 25, 2025 (Salt Lake City) – Southern Utah University strengthens Utah and the Southwest Economic Region economies through high-quality education, institutional, student, and visitor spending, and broad societal benefits. A new report from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, commissioned by the Utah System of Higher Education (USHE), details SUU’s significant regional and statewide economic contribution, which includes supporting more than 5,000 jobs, $202 million in earnings, $298 million in gross Domestic Product (GDP), and $513 million in output [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 11, 2025 (Salt Lake City) – Utah State University strengthens Utah’s economy through high-quality education; research and innovation; institutional, student, and visitor spending; and broad societal benefits. A new report from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, commissioned by the Utah System of Higher Education (USHE), details USU’s significant statewide economic contribution, which includes supporting more than 17,000 jobs, $1.0 billion in earnings, $1.4 billion in Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and $2.2 billion in output (total sales) statewide in FY2023. […]

June 5, 2025 (Salt Lake City) – Utah’s consumer sentiment rose 1.4% in May, according to the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute’s Survey of Utah Consumer Sentiment. This modest monthly change (from 80.0 in April to 81.1 in May) falls well within the survey’s margin of error. A similar survey conducted by the University of Michigan found no change in sentiment during May among Americans as a whole. […]

June 3, 2025 (Salt Lake City) – States and the federal government share a vital economic relationship. This data summary, the twelfth in a series on state and federal economic linkages from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, presents the Utah-federal government nexus for federal student aid in Utah. […]