Agentic Economic Research

Reshaping the Economy through Agentic Sourcing & Evaluation

The Economic Research team studies how AI and autonomous agents reshape industries, real estate yields, and regional labor markets. We build empirical primitives that move beyond speculation to track economic transitions in real time.

Interactive Sourcing Lab

Execute wow-factor research queries against the live Economic Research Agent. Select a category below to test the sourcing primitives.
economic_research_agent@gemini_runner: ~
research_agent_query:
Find active investment properties in Columbus, OH and estimate their Cap Rates using HUD rents.

Standalone Analysis Skills

Business analysts and researchers can run these tools directly from the terminal without deploying agents. Simply clone the repository and run the scripts using the CLI commands below.

1. MLS Real Estate Yields

Queries active RentCast sale listings, resolves county boundaries, and links HUD Fair Market Rent tables to compute cap rates.

python run_analysis.py properties --city "Columbus" --state "OH"

2. FRED Labor Disruption

Queries the St. Louis Fed (FRED) API for MSA employment structures and maps industry sectors to weighted AI vulnerability indices.

python run_analysis.py labor-shifts --city "Austin" --state "TX"

3. Workforce AI Exposure

Queries O*NET Web Services for SOC code titles, downloads the official task list, and runs Gemini classifications.

python run_analysis.py workforce-exposure --title "Software Developer"

4. Census Global Trade

Pulls exports and manufacturing statistics by state and HS commodity code from the U.S. Census Bureau trade API.

python run_analysis.py trade --state "NC" --commodity "30"

5. HUD Housing Affordability

Queries live HUD Fair Market Rents (FMR) and AMI income thresholds to audit workforce housing costs by city or FIPS.

python run_analysis.py affordability --city-or-fips "Austin"

All standalone skills are packaged under the economic-analysis-suite repository.

Consultant's Playbook & Strategic "WOW" Matrix

Explore the 360-degree economic decision support queries mapped to our agent. Click any query to load and execute it directly in the Sourcing Lab above.

💬 Featured Case Study: Site Selection Benchmark

USER
"Compare Austin and Raleigh for a new data center HQ."
ERA Agent Response:

I am analyzing technical and fiscal ROI for NAICS 518210 (Data Processing):

  • Utility Benchmarking: Texas (ERCOT) industrial rates average 8.2¢/kWh vs. North Carolina (Duke Energy) at 7.5¢/kWh.
  • Talent Pipeline: UT Austin graduated 1,200 CS majors in 2023 vs. 850 from NC State.
  • Fiscal Climate: NC has a corporate tax phasedown to 0% by 2030, offering better longitudinal OPEX.
Recommendation: Raleigh for long-term tax stability; Austin for immediate talent density.
ERA
Source Strategic "WOW" Query Consultative Insight Action
FRED "What is the 10-year unemployment trend for Austin vs. Nashville?" Longitudinal Labor Resilience
Census "Show the educational attainment (Bachelor's+) pipeline for Seattle vs. Raleigh." Talent Depth & Engineering Density
HUD "Is Austin affordable for a 50% AMI workforce? Correlate rent vs income." Workforce Rent Affordability
USITC "Analyze supply chain trade flows for Pharmaceuticals in North Carolina." Manufacturing Cluster Sourcing
Workforce "Analyze the workforce AI exposure and automation potential for CSRs vs. Developers." AI Workforce Adaptation Strategy
MLS Sourcing "Find multifamily investment properties in Columbus, OH and estimate their Cap Rates." Real Estate Sourcing & Yield Yields
CHAS "What is the percentage of cost-burdened households in Travis County, TX?" Regional Housing Problems & Supply Burden
Labor Shifts "Compare Austin and Columbus for AI-driven labor market disruption." Labor Market Disruption Forecasting

Sourced from HUD User

Links FIPS and ZIP code boundaries to current Fair Market Rents and Area Median Income data to calculate regional cost burdens on-the-fly.

Sourced from Census Bureau

Ingests statehs series data to map trade export dependencies by state and HS commodity code, confirming regional manufacturing clusters.

Sourced from St. Louis Fed

Extracts State and Area Employment (SAE) logs from the FRED API to calculate real-time economic concentration and disruption indices.