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Getting Out of Our Health Insurance Quagmire
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2019-09-03)
Per-capita spending on health care in the U.S. is the highest in the world, and it is not clear that this high spending generates additional health benefits. This high spending, coupled with high and rising health insurance ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, September 2019
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2019-09-23)
The Business-Cycle Index rose 1% between June and July for an annualized rate of 12.2%. The unemployment rate remained at the historical low of 2.7% in July. Nonfarm employment is up 1.1% in July, or an increase of about ...
Goodbye 2018, Hello 2019
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2019-01-22)
The decline of the stock market and its recent volatility have many wondering about the future prospects of the economy. Other leading economic indicators offer a mixed outlook: hours worked in manufacturing remains high ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, November 2019
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2019-11-25)
The College Station-Bryan Business-Cycle Index rose 0.9% between August and September for an annualized rate of 10.9%, down slightly from the previous month’s growth rate, but well above the long-term growth rate. The ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, August 2019
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 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 ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, April 2019
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 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 ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, January 2019
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 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 ...