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Workforce Demand and the Skills Gap in Texas
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2022-09-06)
Community colleges are an important provider of educational services and play a critical role in meeting the workforce demands of Texas employers. This study focuses on the role of community colleges as occupational skills ...
Property Titles of Non-Renewable Natural Resources in Mexico: An Alternative to "Constitutional Nationalism"
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2022-09-26)
Here, the authors propose the benefits of instituting a Sovereign Mexican Fund (SMF), which emulates the Alaska Trust Fund, in order to reconcile the capital investment needs of the energy sector in Mexico with the strong ...
The Fed’s Slow Realization of the Inflation Problem
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2022-04-12)
For the 30 years prior to the peak of the previous business cycle in February 2020, monthly inflation rates based on the consumer price index averaged 2.4% while the personal consumption expenditures price index averaged ...
Free Banking Is Back?
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2022-11-15)
While none of the current cryptocurrencies, themselves, currently circulate in general commerce, many crypto exchanges have arisen that exchange the various cryptocurrencies for one another and for titles to U.S. dollars. ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, January 2022
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2022-01-24)
The Business-Cycle Index increased by 0.8% from October to November 2021. The local unemployment rate decreased to 3.9% in November from 4.0% in October. Local nonfarm employment increased slightly by 0.4% in November and ...
Markov Switching Rationality
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2022-05-23)
The authors propose novel tests for the detection of Markov switching deviations from forecast rationality. Existing forecast rationality tests either focus on constant deviations from forecast rationality over the full ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, December 2022
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2022-12-15)
The Business-Cycle Index increased 0.3% from September 2022 to October 2022. The local unemployment rate remained the same at 3.1% in October 2022, October’s local nonfarm employment increased by 0.4% from September. ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, April 2022
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2022-04-25)
The Business-Cycle increased 0.3% from January 2022 to February 2022. The local unemployment rate for February remained the same as in January at 3.7%. Local nonfarm employment in February decreased slightly from January ...
The Pandemic Federal Reserve: The First Two Years
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2022-06-07)
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, developed world governments engaged in unprecedented spending. Federal Reserve securities holdings were an astounding 36.5% of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product after two pandemic years. ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, October 2022
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2022-10-20)
The Business-Cycle Index increased 0.1% from July 2022 to August 2022. The local unemployment rate remained the same at 3.1% in August 2022. August’s local nonfarm employment decreased by 0.4% from July but was still ...