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    • Rettenmaier, Andrew J. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2023-01-26)
      This presentation, “State of the Local Economy at the Beginning of 2023,� covers topics from PERC’s Economic Indicators report, including the Business-Cycle Index, nonfarm employment, unemployment, inflation-adjusted ...
    • Jansen, Dennis W.; Rettenmaier, Andrew J. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2022-11-04)
      The presentation includes information on: The College Station-Bryan Business-Cycle Index, Business-Cycle, nonfarm employment, taxable sales, and unemployment rates through August 2022; Real total wages through the first ...
    • Saving, Thomas R. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2023-10-13)
      At almost the onset of the effects of the pandemic, the Federal Reserve engaged in a massive asset expansion that was truly unprecedented. In just the first three months of the pandemic, March, April and May of 2020, the ...
    • Bullock, Ashley; Jansen, Dennis W.; Navarro, Carlos I.; Rettenmaier, Andrew J. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2019-04-22)
      The Business Cycle Index measured one point lower than the revised January 2019 value, a -4.7% annualized rate of decline. Nonfarm employment for January was revised downward by 0.1% from the value released last month, and ...
    • Bullock, Ashley; Jansen, Dennis W.; Rettenmaier, Andrew J.; Sinha, Somali Ghosh (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2019-08-19)
      The Business-Cycle Index rose almost 1% between May and June of 2019. The local economy is in good shape and has had positive growth for the last four months. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased to 2.7%, a ...
    • Bullock, Ashley; Jansen, Dennis W.; Navarro, Carlos I.; Rettenmaier, Andrew J. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2018-12-17)
      Growth remains positive, but is slowing. The Business-Cycle Index rose at an annualized rate of 2.4%, below the long-run average growth rate, but up slightly from the growth rate for September. The unemployment rate decreased ...
    • Bullock, Ashley; Jansen, Dennis W.; Navarro, Carlos I.; Rettenmaier, Andrew J. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2019-12-18)
      The College Station-Bryan Business-Cycle Index rose 0.8% between September and October for an annualized rate of 9.7%. The unemployment rate remains near its historical low but did exhibit a small 0.1 percentage point ...
    • Bullock, Ashley; Jansen, Dennis W.; Navarro, Carlos I.; Rettenmaier, Andrew J. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2019-02-25)
      The Business Cycle Index for the month of December 2018 rose at an annualized rate of 4.6%, slightly above the long-run average. Nonfarm employment in College Station-Bryan rose slightly between November and December 2018 ...
    • Bullock, Ashley; Jansen, Dennis W.; Navarro, Carlos I.; Rettenmaier, Andrew J. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2020-02-24)
      The Business-Cycle Index decreased by 0.2% in the month of December 2019. The unemployment rate remained at the same level as the previous month, 2.7% in December 2019. Nonfarm employment decreased 0.2% in the month of ...
    • Bullock, Ashley; Jansen, Dennis W.; Navarro, Carlos I.; Rettenmaier, Andrew J. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2019-01-21)
      Employment in November 2018 increased at an annualized rate of 4.4% from its revised October figure and is up 2.5% from the level in November 2017. Employment counts from June to November 2018 were revised upward with the ...
    • Bullock, Ashley; Jansen, Dennis W.; Navarro, Carlos I.; Rettenmaier, Andrew J. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2020-01-20)
      The College Station-Bryan Business-Cycle Index has been rebased to January 2001 starting with this month's edition of Economic Indicators. The value of the new index was 201 in November 2019, a 0.3% increase from October. ...
    • Bullock, Ashley; Jansen, Dennis W.; Navarro, Carlos I.; Rettenmaier, Andrew J. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2021-01-25)
      The Business-Cycle Index decreased by 1.6% from October to November 2020. The local unemployment rate increased to 5.9% in November from 4.8% in October but remained the second-lowest rate among Texas metros. Local nonfarm ...
    • Bullock, Ashley; Jansen, Dennis W.; Navarro, Carlos I.; Rettenmaier, Andrew J. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2022-01-24)
      The Business-Cycle Index increased by 0.8% from October to November 2021. The local unemployment rate decreased to 3.9% in November from 4.0% in October. Local nonfarm employment increased slightly by 0.4% in November and ...
    • PERC Staff (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2023-01-19)
      The Business-Cycle Index decreased 0.1% from October 2022 to November 2022. The local unemployment rate increased to 3.2% in November 2022 compared to 3.1% in October 2022. November's local nonfarm employment increased by ...
    • Bullock, Ashley; Jansen, Dennis W.; Sinha, Somali Ghosh (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2024-01-18)
      The Business-Cycle Index increased by 0.5% from 227 in October to 228 in November 2023. The local unemployment rate decreased to 3.2% in November compared to 3.3% in October. Local nonfarm employment in November increased ...
    • Bullock, Ashley; Jansen, Dennis W.; Navarro, Carlos I.; Rettenmaier, Andrew J. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2019-07-22)
      The Business-Cycle Index increased at a robust annualized rate of 5.8% between April and May 2019. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate reached an all-time low of 2.8% in May. Nonfarm employment increased by 0.1% from ...
    • Bullock, Ashley; Jansen, Dennis W.; Navarro, Carlos I.; Rettenmaier, Andrew J. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2019-06-24)
      The Business-Cycle Index increased by a scant 0.06% between March and April 2019, which translates to an annualized increase of 0.8%. Nonfarm employment increased by 0.2% from March to April and is now 2% higher over the ...
    • Bullock, Ashley; Jansen, Dennis W.; Navarro, Carlos I.; Rettenmaier, Andrew J. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2019-03-25)
      The Business Cycle Index decreased at an annualized rate of -1% between December 2018 and January 2019. Nonfarm employment in College Station-Bryan increased 0.9% from December 2018 to January 2019 and is up 3.5% from the ...
    • Bullock, Ashley; Jansen, Dennis W.; Navarro, Carlos I.; Rettenmaier, Andrew J. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2019-05-20)
      The Business Cycle Index decreased by 0.1% between February and March 2019, resulting in an annualized rate of -1.1%. Nonfarm employment in College Station-Bryan increased 0.3% from February to March 2019 and has grown ...
    • Bullock, Ashley; Jansen, Dennis W.; Navarro, Carlos I.; Rettenmaier, Andrew J. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2018-11-19)
      The Business-Cycle Index rose at an annualized rate of 4.1%, still above the long-run average growth rate but down slightly from the growth rate for August. The unemployment rate was unchanged in September, remaining at ...