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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 ...
Business Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic, Bryan-College Station Survey Results
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2020-07-15)
This survey includes responses from businesses in the Bryan-College Station area on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on operations, employment, and financial situations. The survey, created by staff at the Private ...
Fear the Machine?
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2018-03-30)
Advanced automation and artificial intelligence, or ‘robot’ technology use, continues to expand across many industries. Recent decreasing labor market movements fuels the question: How do these technologies affect ...
College Towns: Handle Data With Care
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2019-11-18)
Although the term ‘college town’ may invoke idyllic images from our past, government statistics paint a different picture. College towns often appear as poverty – ridden, with unaffordable housing and low incomes. ...
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, July 2020
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2020-07-16)
Initial unemployment claims over the last 17 weeks topped 50 million nationally. The number of claims per week have declined since the week ending on March 14. Over the same time period, 2.8 million workers in Texas filed ...
Inter-Jurisdiction Migration and the Fiscal Policies of Local Governments
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2019-02-04)
In this paper, authors Darong Dai, Dennis W. Jansen and Liqun Liu analyze the effects of migration on the fiscal policies of local governments. Because of the possibility of migrating to another jurisdiction later in life, ...
The Time Varying Effect of Monetary Policy Surprise on Stock Returns: Bursting Bubble Beating Forward Guidance
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2015-07-09)
The authors study the time varying effects of monetary policy on the stock returns in order to capture changes in the effectiveness of monetary policy over time. They find that a one percentage point surprise federal funds ...