In January 2024, the D.C. Policy Center’s Rivlin Initiative launched its Quarterly Business Sentiments Survey. The survey provides real-time insights into the experiences of the D.C. region’s business community for the public, media, and local policymakers.[1] Each round, survey participants are asked about their six-month expectations for the District’s economy. Respondents have…

On August 4, 2025, Executive Director Yesim Sayin was quoted in The Washington Post: “D.C. is a company town, and the company is the federal government. So if you take that out of the equation — if government is no longer the calling card — what replaces it?” said Yesim Sayin, director…

Mental health is an important part of a student’s overall health and well-being. Recent Youth Risk Behavior survey data highlight disparities in student mental health support across D.C.’s high schools. In 2023, 23 percent of D.C.’s public high school students reported they most of the time or always get the kind of…