IMPLAN Unveils First-Of-Its-Kind New Economic Tools to Help Businesses and Policymakers Navigate Tariff Impacts and Price Shocks

New forward linkage modeling – the only tool of its kind available today –helps businesses and policymakers anticipate pricing shifts and understand how factors like supply chain disruptions and tariffs influence industries across the economy

HUNTERSVILLE, N.C., Sept. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- IMPLAN Group LLC (IMPLAN), a leading provider of economic impact data and analytical software, today announced Forward Linkages, a suite of capabilities – including Price Change Insights and Downstream Contribution Insights – designed to help organizations anticipate price changes and understand how industries drive economic value across the supply chain.

Tariff-driven supply chain shocks pushed U.S. wholesale prices up 0.9% in July – the largest monthly jump in over three years, driven largely by new import levies. The new Forward Linkages suite delivers a vital capability: it enables users to model downstream effects, including tariff impacts, to complement IMPLAN's existing tools by providing a 360-degree view of interdependencies that has never before been possible. This advanced modeling captures both backward linkages – how businesses stimulate the economy through their purchases – and forward linkages – how their outputs feed into other industries – enabling smarter investments, more resilient strategies, and greater adaptability in today's unpredictable economic landscape.

IMPLAN's Price Change Insights helps organizations evaluate how external factors affect the change in price across many use cases. For example, companies can use it to plan pricing strategies, state and federal agencies to guide policy and investment, and research institutions to strengthen forecasting and analysis. See a further breakdown of use cases below:

• Supply Chain & Tariffs: Model the ripple effects of strikes, tariffs, natural disasters, and lingering pandemic impacts.
• Efficiency & Innovation: Quantify cost reductions from operational improvements and technology adoption.
• Transportation & Energy: Assess the effects of fuel, shipping, and energy fluctuations.
• Environmental & Resource Risks: Forecast how climate events, disease outbreaks, and ecological threats affect commodity availability and pricing.

The Downstream Contribution Insights reveals how foundational industries, from agriculture and energy to raw materials, create value beyond immediate outputs. Features include:

• Tracking the first three rounds of the value chain to see how products evolve.
• Quantifying output, GDP, and employment across future stages.
• Combining upstream and downstream views to guide policy, investment, and economic development.

"Forward Linkages transforms economic data into actionable insight," said Justin Helmig, CEO of IMPLAN. "Businesses and policymakers can now see not just what goes into an industry, but how that industry drives value forward. By combining upstream and downstream perspectives, organizations gain a clearer view of how price changes and industry contributions ripple through the economy, enabling smarter decisions, quicker responses, and greater adaptability in a volatile environment."

For decades, IMPLAN has been the trusted provider of economic analysis for hundreds of private companies, government agencies, and institutions. Clients include all four of the Big Four accounting firms, four of the FAANG tech companies, two of the top five U.S. banks, and federal agencies such as the USDA and the Department of the Interior. Powered by more than 120 data sources, including the Census Bureau, BEA, and BLS, IMPLAN continues to set the standard in the industry.

Forward Linkages is available now to IMPLAN subscribers, a truly unique level of insight unmatched by any other provider, offering unparalleled insight into pricing, industry influence, and economic impact across sectors and regions.

About IMPLAN
As a leading provider of economic analytics software, IMPLAN has spent more than 40 years bringing actionable insights to corporations, energy companies, financial services organizations, colleges and universities, governments, trade associations, real estate firms, and consultants. IMPLAN's 1K+ clients can leverage IMPLAN's technology to study the economic impact of a policy, model risk, measure industry shifts, identify a new business location, and quantify an organization's economic contributions.

For more information, please visit implan.com.

SOURCE IMPLAN Group