On the last Friday of each month, the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute’s research team shares a curated list of books, research papers, podcasts, and more that are helping to shape our understanding of the economic wellbeing of the Granite State and beyond.
Here are our picks for October 2025:
Who Can Afford to Live in New Hampshire: Housing Costs, Income, and the Future of the Granite State – New Hampshire Housing
“4% of renter households could afford to buy at the state’s median sale price of $565,000”
UNH Healthcare Vitals: Health Insurance Premiums Are Skyrocketing for 2026 – Why? – UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law
“[…] the ACA Marketplace insurers across the country are raising rates by about 20% on average, and the median premium rate is about 11% higher than last year.”
Who Will Pay for Tariffs? Businesses’ Expectations about Costs and Prices – Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
“In the August 2025 survey wave, [small and medium-sized businesses] whose costs are affected by the new tariffs reported paying an average tariff rate in July 2025 (11.4%) that was nearly double the average rate they paid in January 2025 (6.5%).”
TANF Is a Vital Resource for People Facing Hardship but Needs to Reach More Families – Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
“While there were 62 families receiving TANF assistance for every 100 New Hampshire families in poverty 20 years ago, data from 2023 show that assistance only reached 22 Granite State families for every 100 in poverty.”
Economic Analysis Report 2025 – New Hampshire Employment Security
“Labor force participation remains well below pre-pandemic levels. After reaching 69.0 percent in late 2019, labor force participation fell during the pandemic, and has changed little since then, staying between 65 and 66 percent.”
Have you read something that should be on our radar? Share it with us at info@nhfpi.org—we’d love to hear from you!