Publications: Meghan Ostertag
October 20, 2025
Fact of the Week: Inflation Is Expected to Rise to 3 Percent in the United States in 2026
Though inflation has remained relatively stable thus far in 2025, projections estimate that inflation in the United States will increase in 2026 from 2.7 percent to 3 percent.
October 14, 2025
Fact of the Week: US R&D Value Added Has Increased by 63 Percent from 2013 to 2023
According to the BEA’s R&D Satellite Account, R&D value added has increased in real terms from 2013 to 2023 by 63 percent.
October 6, 2025
Fact of the Week: Over $1.4T More Venture Capital Funding Was Invested in U.S.-headquartered Firms than in European Firms
Compared to the United States, venture capital (VC) activity in the European Union (EU) is low, with EU-headquartered firms receiving $1.4 trillion less VC funding than their American counterparts from 2013 to 2022.
September 29, 2025
Fact of the Week: Forty Percent of Adults in Low- and Middle-Income Economies Formally Saved in 2024
Access to digital banking services has enabled more individuals to start formally saving money, with 40 percent of the population in low- and middle-income nations actively saving as of 2024, representing a 67 percent increase.
September 22, 2025
Latin American Subnational Innovation Competitiveness Index 2.0
This report ranks more than 200 regions across Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and the United States on 13 commonly available indicators of innovation competitiveness, and offers policymakers a guide to bolstering regional and national innovation capacity.
September 22, 2025
Fact of the Week: The GDPR Led to a 13 Percent Reduction in Venture Capital Investment in the EU by US Investors
After the rollout of the GDPR, the number of investment deals led by U.S. investors in the EU was 21 percent lower than the number of deals in the United States
September 15, 2025
How Reducing Federal R&D Reduces GDP Growth
Cutting federal investments in R&D may appear to save billions in the budget, but it could cost the economy trillions. In fact, ITIF estimates that cutting federal R&D by 20 percent would cost the U.S. economy up to almost $1.5 trillion compared with China’s growth pace.
September 15, 2025
Fact of the Week: Nine of the Top 10 Global Research Universities Are in China
In a ranking based on the total number of high-quality research articles they publish over the calendar year, Chinese universities claim 9 of the top 10 spots in the academic category.
September 8, 2025
Fact of the Week: More Than 99 Percent of Listed Firms in China Receive Direct Subsidies From the Chinese Government
A study finds that over 99 percent of a sample of 5,260 listed Chinese firms received government subsidies totaling €35.3 billion in 2022, double the amount from 2015.
September 2, 2025
Fact of the Week: Access to Broadband Internet Increases Intergenerational Mobility by up to 12.3 Percent
A new working paper finds that income rank increased by between 6 and 12.3 percent between fathers and sons in Norway after the roll-out of broadband.