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Planned DOE Wind and Solar Cuts Could Cost the U.S. Over Half a Billion Dollars in GDP and Thousands of Jobs

Posted by Bjorn Markeson & Chandler West on October 15, 2025

Recent IMPLAN analysis reveals that the Department of Energy’s proposed funding cuts to wind and solar projects could significantly dampen U.S. economic growth, threatening more than $500 million in annual GDP and approximately 3,500 jobs across the country.

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Topics: Technology, announcement

IMPLAN and AI: Our Strategy, Values, and Beliefs

Posted by Justin Helmig on October 7, 2025

As the third quarter of the year came to a close, our team noticed a significant trend: a sharp increase in the frequency and detail of security reviews and contract revisions specifically referencing Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies. This is a conversation happening in boardrooms, IT/security teams, and legal departments across the country – and rightly so. The rapid evolution of AI presents both incredible opportunities and substantial risks

Today, we are taking a moment to memorialize IMPLAN’s position and strategy on AI. AI is a topic we approach with both enthusiasm for its potential and a deep-seated commitment to the principles of security, transparency, and tangible value.

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Topics: Technology, announcement

A New Era of Economic Insight: IMPLAN’s Forward Linkages Suite

Posted by Chandler West on September 4, 2025

For decades, IMPLAN has empowered organizations to understand the ripple effects of economic activity. Until now, that view has centered on backward linkages: how industries support others through what they purchase. But today, we’re proud to announce a breakthrough that flips the script.

With the release of IMPLAN’s Forward Linkages Insights, you can now follow the story in the other direction, capturing how price changes and industry contributions cascade forward through supply chains, shaping costs, outputs, and opportunities across the broader economy.

This isn’t just another feature update. It’s a new lens for economic impact analysis, unlocking downstream effects in ways never before possible in IMPLAN.

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Topics: Economics, Methodology, announcement, Impact, Corporation, policy, Forward Linkages

Introducing IMPLAN’s First Enhanced Guide

Posted by Chandler West on April 4, 2024

Economic impact analysis isn’t just for those with years of experience in the field of economics anymore. 

For decades, IMPLAN has been the tool that economists and researchers turn to when they want to measure the impact of an economic event on a region. IMPLAN has long been trusted to deliver easy-to-use impact modeling, and extensive economic analytics. A few months ago, the IMPLAN Product Development team launched Quick Start Guides, which make it possible for those without an economics background to perform economic impact analysis quickly and easily by following a series of prompts that appear on the screen inside the application.

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Topics: Economics, announcement, Impact, Education

New in IMPLAN Cloud: Updated Occupation Data

Posted by Chandler West on January 11, 2024

IMPLAN’s ever-expanding data suite just got even better. We’re excited to announce the release of our newest occupation data. This latest release comes with significant updates and enhancements that offer valuable insights into occupational trends and their impact on the economy.

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Topics: Data, Economics, announcement, Impact, occupation data

Introducing IMPLAN’s First Quick Start Guide

Posted by Chandler West on December 5, 2023

Economic impact analysis isn’t just for those with years of experience in the field of economics anymore. 

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Topics: Economics, announcement, Impact, Education

IMPLAN’s User Interface Redesign: Everything You Need to Know About the Newest Release

Posted by Chandler West on October 16, 2023

If you’ve logged into IMPLAN Cloud in the last month, you may have noticed that the app has undergone a makeover! While we frequently make updates and improvements to IMPLAN Cloud, we’re particularly excited about this batch of changes to our user interface. Our Product Development team has been hard at work making it easier than ever to perform economic impact analysis, and we’re so excited to show you what’s new in the IMPLAN Cloud application.

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Topics: Economics, Methodology, announcement

Beyond the Cloud: Discover the IMPLAN API

Posted by Chandler West on May 5, 2023

Did you know that the IMPLAN application programming interface (API) makes it possible for National Package subscribers to integrate IMPLAN Cloud with existing workflows and tools? With IMPLAN’s API, you can easily integrate IMPLAN Cloud impact analysis and data into any website, application, workflow, or visualization tool.

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Topics: Economics, announcement, Impact

IMPLAN Now Supports Canada

Posted by Chandler West on September 23, 2022

It’s about time IMPLAN makes it possible to conduct studies beyond the United States, eh? We are pleased to announce our new and improved Canada Provincial Product, in which Canada data pairs with our state-of-the-art software and model to empower our users to study economic impacts across the Great White North.

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Topics: Data, announcement

Goodbye, Pro! Hello, Future!

Posted by Chandler West on April 4, 2022

The news is out! By now, you’ve probably heard that IMPLAN has retired Pro. 

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Topics: announcement

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Put simply, IMPLAN is built for everyone.

Together, our software and data give you a window into your region of study — like one gigantic transaction log for the local economy. Chances are that if your project or business has a financial component, then IMPLAN can reveal some sometimes surprising detail about how your project relates to the local, state, or national economy.

What used to take economists weeks can be done in minutes. By anyone!

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