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The Failed Federal Reserve Attempt to Get Back to the Past
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2020-05-21)
The end result of the Federal Reserve’s response to the 2008 financial and the Great Recession was an unprecedented increase in assets. Between 2008 and 2014, Federal Reserve assets rose from just under $900 billion to ...
Alamos Alliance XXVIII 2021 Executive Summary
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2021-05-19)
The year 2020 and the Covid-19 pandemic abruptly shifted the manner in which people interact, save, spend, work, and carry out day-to-day business. The 28th meeting of the annual Alamos Alliance, which was held virtually ...
Can Electricity Demand Help Us Monitor the Economy?
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2022-07-12)
The recent pandemic has emphasized the importance of high-frequency economic variables. Electricity consumption, particularly important as a production input, is one such variable. However, electricity consumption typically ...
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 ...
The Federal Reserve & Interest Rates: It's the Interest on Reserves, Not the Fed Funds Rate That Matters
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2022-09-16)
Much of the press’s reporting of the Federal Reserve’s efforts to fight inflation is measured by how much the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates at its next FOMC meeting. But the press’s measure of interest ...
Federal Liabilities: 2021 Update
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2021-06-11)
The 2020 Financial Report of the United States Government (FRUSG) identifies total federal liabilities of $32.7 trillion as of September 30, 2020. The debt held by the public, $21.1 trillion, comprised 62% of these ...
Analysis of the Biden Proposal to Equalize Saving Incentives
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2020-10-16)
Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden has proposed replacing the current tax deductions on contributions to 401(k) retirement accounts with a uniform refundable tax credit that would be deposited into the taxpayer’s ...
College Station-Bryan Economy Presentation, Updated 4/7/2022
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2022-04-11)
The presentation includes information on: The January 2022 Business-Cycle Index and Business-Cycle for College Station-Bryan; College Station-Bryan unemployment rates dropped to 3.7% in February 2022 and was tied for the ...
Will Cryptocurrencies Replace the Money We Know?
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2021-10-08)
Most commerce is conducted not with physical currency but by digital transfers of titles to currency, at least in the developed world. Currently there are approximately 300 digital exchanges that will exchange cryptocurrencies ...