Depending how yesterday’s games went, you may already be mathematically eliminated from winning your office bracket.  But given the fact that the odds of finishing the tournament with a perfect bracket is anywhere between 1 in 128 billion or 1 in 2.4 trillion[1] (depending on how you calculate it), odds are you had at least […]

Many news sources are showing that home construction started to slow down nationally at the end of 2018, with single-family permits dropping by 6.7 percent. With that in mind, we wanted to see how Philadelphia’s construction activity compared year-over-year, and also how it was fairing early on in 2019. Last year, we took some time […]

ESI was retained in 2018 by the Port Authority of Allegheny County (PAAC), the comprehensive provider of public transit services in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, to assess its economic impact. The report demonstrates the impact of PAAC’s expenditures and service on the economy, on residents, and on state and local tax bases through a variety of […]