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Coronavirus Economics: The Impact of Shutting Down Meatpacking Plants
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2020-06-25)
Motivated by the observed beef and livestock market impacts of coronavirus-caused meatpacking plant shutdowns, this paper constructs a theoretical model to study the effects of closures among downstream producers on both ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, February 2020
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 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 ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, January 2020
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 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. ...
Updated 5/28: A Presentation on the Coronavirus and The Economy
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2020-05-28)
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 Unemployment Insurance claims in the United ...
Updated: A Presentation on the Coronavirus and The Economy
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2020-04-28)
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 and ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, November 2020
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2020-11-19)
The Business-Cycle Index decreased by 3.2% from August to September after four continuous months of positive growth. The local unemployment rate jumped to 5.6% in September from 4.3% in August, but remained the second ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, March 2020
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2020-03-19)
The Business-Cycle Index was basically flat between December 2019 and January 2020. The revised nonfarm employment rate was 0.4% higher in January 2020 and has increased 2.6% relative to the level in January 2019. Taxable ...
Coronavirus and the Economy Presentation, Updated 7/16
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2020-07-16)
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 ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, April 2020
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2020-04-17)
Data on initial unemployment claims indicate that Texas lost almost 8% of its nonfarm employment in the last four weeks. Nationally, the 22 million in new unemployment claims in the last four weeks is equivalent to 14.5% ...
Energy and the Economy
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2020-05-06)
With many of the most timely measures of economic activity lagging behind the fast moving changes in the U.S. economy, one source of extremely timely data is energy use. Energy use is not only tied to the weather as we ...