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Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, November 2018
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
Cadillacs for All
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2019-09-25)
Healthcare reform in the form of Medicare for All, which promises to reduce health care spending by reimbursing providers at Medicare’s rates per procedure, is now receiving renewed interest. This, along with the delay ...
Methodology for Constructing an Economic Index for the College Station-Bryan Metropolitan Statistical Area
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2018-10-21)
This paper describes the need for timely GDP information, methodology, and data sources used to create the monthly publication, Economic Indicators.
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, October 2019
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2019-10-21)
The College Station-Bryan Business-Cycle Index reached another all-time high this month. The CSB business-cycle increased almost 1% this month for an annualized rate of 11.8%, extending both the number of months of positive ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, May 2019
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 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 ...
U.S. Budget Woes, the CBO Projections
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2018-04-30)
The latest projections from the Congressional Budget Office are worrisome and were expected to be so. In fact, federal debt held by the public is projected to be 106% of GDP by 2028 and deficits are expected to persist ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, December 2019
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 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 ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, June 2019
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 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 ...