MISSION STATEMENT
The Center for Economic Analysis provides timely, high quality research, data, and analysis for university stakeholders, industries, and governments. The CEA forms strong partnerships with MSU faculty and strives to be the primary source of economic analysis for the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, and Michigan State University Extension, as well as non-university stakeholders such as state and local governmental institutions, industry, and trade groups.

The CEA contributes to the Land-Grant University heritage by supporting MSU Extension through procurement and analysis of data and ideas. The fundamental principle behind outreach activities is to contribute to the overall awareness of how the agricultural, natural resource and related sectors and other community economic development activities c ontribute to the overall state economy.

The CEA provides various services in the areas of:

The Economy
            Economic Forecasts
            Economic Policy Analyses
            Economic Development
            Fiscal and Economic Impacts of,
                        Policy
                        ED Initiatives
                        Recreation
                        Events
                        Infrastructure Development
           
State and Community Demographics
            Demographic Profiles including Socio-Economic Profiles
            School Enrolments
            Poverty Assessments

Communities
            Economic Development
            Impact Assessments
            Survey/Survey Analyses
            Needs Assessments

Industries
            Tax Policy Impacts
            Impact Analyses
            Market Assessments
            Transportation Impacts
            Tourism Impacts
            Industry Clustering

Resources
            Resource Inventories
            Tourism, Park, and Recreation Impacts