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Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, May 2022
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2022-05-31)
The Business-Cycle increased 1.2% from February 2022 to March 2022. The local unemployment rate decreased to 3.4% in March 2022 from 3.6% in February 2022. Local nonfarm employment in March increased by 0.3% from February ...
Market Risk and Retirement Plans
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2022-01-13)
At retirement, the goal of most workers is to be able to pay their anticipated living expenses using their employer-sponsored retirement plan, savings, and Social Security. Today, most workers’ employer-sponsored retirement ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, September 2022
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2022-09-15)
The Business-Cycle Index increased 1.1% from June 2022 to July 2022. The local unemployment rate declined to 3.1% in July 2022. July’s local nonfarm employment increased by 0.3% from June and was 3.4% higher than its ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, March 2022
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2022-03-28)
The Business-Cycle increased 0.8% from December 2021 to January 2022. The local unemployment rate decreased to 3.7% in January 2022 from 3.8% in December 2021. Local nonfarm employment was revised upwards with the March ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, November 2022
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2022-11-17)
The Business-Cycle Index increased 0.2% from August 2022 to September 2022. The local unemployment rate remained the same at 3.1% in September 2022. September’s local nonfarm employment increased by a slim 0.05% from ...
The College Station-Bryan Economy Presentation, Updated 10/26/2022
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2022-11-04)
The presentation includes information on: The College Station-Bryan Business-Cycle Index, Business-Cycle, nonfarm employment, taxable sales, and unemployment rates through August 2022; Real total wages through the first ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, July 2022
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2022-07-21)
The Business-Cycle Index increased 0.2% from April 2022 to May 2022. The local unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.3% in May 2022. Local nonfarm employment in May decreased by 0.3% from April but was 1.87% higher ...
Elderly Entitlements and Wealth Inequality
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2022-12-21)
By most measures, wealth inequality has risen significantly over the last three decades and is a growing concern. However, standard wealth definitions require that individuals possess a legal claim to assets included as ...
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 ...
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 ...