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Whither the Trade War with China?
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2018-09-21)
In the ongoing trade dispute between the U.S. and China, the U.S. has demanded reducing or even eliminating tariff and non-tariff barriers and that China halt intellectual property theft and forced technology transfers. ...
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 ...
Hydraulic Fracking: A Story of American Innovation
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2018-04-01)
A regular misconception is that Saudi Arabia is the largest producer of energy from oil and natural gas. Despite massive oil production, Saudi Arabia produces less than 1% of total energy from oil and gas. The U.S. currently ...
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, December 2018
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 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 ...
The Time Varying Effect of Monetary Policy Surprise on Stock Returns: Bursting Bubble Beating Forward Guidance
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2015-09-01)
Generally, stock prices react negatively to unanticipated and restrictive monetary policies. In PERC Working Paper 1505, Jordan Professor of Economics, Dennis W. Jansen, and Anastasia S. Zervou test to what extent surprises ...
A Presentation on the Coronavirus and the Economy
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2020-04-03)
This presentation discusses the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on College Station-Bryan. The attached presentation includes information on: - The staggering number of initial unemployment claims nationally and in Texas ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, September 2020
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2020-09-17)
The Business-Cycle Index increased 2.5% from June to July. The national level of initial unemployment claims was 884,000 for the weeks ending on August 29 and September 5, the lowest initial claims since March 14. Initial ...
Remittances, Output, and Exchange Rate Regimes: Theory with an Application to Latin America
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2019-08-20)
Remittances from immigrants back to relatives and friends in their home country represent a large and important flow of funds both absolutely and relative to measures of national income. Macroeconomic aggregates are impacted ...
Coronavirus Economics: The Impact of Shutting Down Meatpacking Plants
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2020-10-01)
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Covid-19 infections at meatpacking plants led to shutdowns across the United States. Beef became scarcer and with higher consumer prices, while ranchers received lower prices for their beef. ...