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Navigating the Earned Income Tax Credit
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2017-09-01)
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is the federal government's largest means-tested cash assistance program. The popular anti-poverty program's maximum credits and income eligibility ranges have been legislatively increased ...
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 ...
Federal Liabilities: 2017 Update
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2017-06-01)
The official federal liabilities of the United States federal government totaled $22.8 trillion as of September 30, 2016. They include the debt held by the public of $14.2 trillion, federal employees; accrued retirement ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, November 2019
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2019-11-25)
The College Station-Bryan Business-Cycle Index rose 0.9% between August and September for an annualized rate of 10.9%, down slightly from the previous month’s growth rate, but well above the long-term growth rate. The ...
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 ...
It is Time to Fix Social Security
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2022-09-12)
This year, the Social Security program is projected to run a cash flow deficit of $121 billion, one-fifth of the U.S. annual federal deficit, and is expected to be insolvent in 12 years. In this issue of PERCspectives on ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, April 2020
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2020-04-17)
Data on initial unemployment claims indicate that Texas lost almost 8% of its nonfarm employment in the last four weeks. Nationally, the 22 million in new unemployment claims in the last four weeks is equivalent to 14.5% ...
Whither the Trade War with China?
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2018-09-21)
In the ongoing trade dispute between the U.S. and China, the U.S. has demanded reducing or even eliminating tariff and non-tariff barriers and that China halt intellectual property theft and forced technology transfers. ...
Retirement Plan Choice and Public Pension Reform
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2021-09-08)
Despite the private sector’s switch to defined contribution retirement plans, traditional defined benefit pension plans remain dominant in the public sector. In this issue of PERCspectives on Policy, authors Dennis Jansen, ...