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Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, May 2020
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2020-05-21)
Data on initial unemployment claims indicate almost 2 million workers in Texas have filed claims over the last 8 weeks. Nationally, 36.5 million new unemployment claims have been filed over the same time period. The price ...
A Presentation on the Coronavirus and The Economy, Updated 6/25
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2020-06-25)
This presentation focuses on the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on College Station-Bryan and the state of Texas. The attached presentation includes information on: Updated national unemployment insurance claims for ...
Paying for Medicare Now and in the Future
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2016-03-01)
Medicare celebrated its golden anniversary this past year. The program now provides insurance coverage for over 50 million Americans, and accounts for 20 percent of the nation's health care spending. Its shares of the ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, August 2020
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2020-08-20)
After rising somewhat in the second half of July, initial unemployment claims in the U.S. have resumed a steady decline, dropping below one million for the week ending on August 8, the lowest level recorded since the week ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, February 2019
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 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 ...
The Pandemic Misery Index
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2021-03-18)
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought with it both human and economic loss. The Pandemic Misery Index, or PMI, is a simple metric that measures the effectiveness of pandemic-related public policies by combining the unemployment ...
Federal Liabilities: 2019 Update
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2019-05-17)
The Financial Report of the United States Government (FRUSG), released at the end of March, identifies total federal liabilities of $25.4 trillion as of September 30, 2018. The debt held by the public, $15.8 trillion, ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, December 2020
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2020-12-17)
The Business-Cycle Index increased by 1.6% from September to October 2020. The local unemployment rate decreased to 4.9% in October from 5.6% in September and remained the second-lowest rate among Texas metros. Local nonfarm ...
The Pandemic and Texas State Tax Revenue
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2021-01-22)
Government budgets have undergone drastic changes due to the coronavirus pandemic. In this issue, authors Dennis W. Jansen and Andrew J. Rettenmaier share the state of Texas’ tax collections compared to previous years. ...
Texas Pension Woes
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2021-04-12)
The unfunded liabilities from Texas’ many state and local defined benefit pension plans, or the amount a pension fund’s assets cannot cover its liabilities, have snowballed over time and have recently reached unprecedented ...