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A time series chart showing both the actual tax collections for a month compared to the amount from the legislative forecast.

North Dakota Actual v. Forecast Tax Collections

Categories: North Dakota, Taxes

A time series chart showing both the actual tax collections for a month compared to the amount from the legislative forecast.

Following up on the last post looking at cumulative tax collections, in this post we look at the actual tax collections against the legislative forecast amount. This should provide some sense of how the tax collections are doing against expectations laid out at the start of the biennium. For this chart we only look at […]

A chart of biennia cumulative total tax collections adjusted for inflation showing the 2025-2027 biennium is consistently lower than any of the last seven.

North Dakota Total Tax Collections (April 2026)

Categories: North Dakota, Taxes

A chart of biennia cumulative total tax collections adjusted for inflation showing the 2025-2027 biennium is consistently lower than any of the last seven.

As part of our ongoing analysis of the North Dakota economy we are committed to providing visuals, forecasts, and projections of potential interest to the public. Fiscal matters at the state and federal level are a frequent area of concern and so we thought to start with some information on tax collections in North Dakota. […]

Flynn participates in Minneapolis Fed Conference

Categories: Announcments

IPBA Director David Flynn one again presented at the Minneapolis Fed Regional Economic Conditions Conference. Flynn’s comments looked at economic circumstances, conditions, and outlook in North Dakota. This year the analysis presented included divisions of traditional economic measures, such as employment, across the rural-urban continuum. Flynn also discussed other data such as migration and home […]

David Flynn joined Minneapolis Fed Panel

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UND’s David Flynn describes North Dakota’s economy and prospects at Fed’s Regional Economic Conference Q&A panel at the 2023 Economic Conditions Conference featuring (clockwise from top left) Amy Watson of the Montana Department of Labor and Economics, Joseph Santos of South Dakota State University, UND Professor David Flynn and Minneapolis Fed Regional Outreach Director Ron […]

Welcome to the IPBA Blog

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    The Institute of Policy and Business Analytics now has a blog. We will use this site to post updates about our projects as well as analysis of data and events relevant to North Dakota policy and business. Please check back often.