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Economics

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The Housing Market: Will It Crash Or Boom In 2021?, Manuel Reyes-Loya Jan 2021

The Housing Market: Will It Crash Or Boom In 2021?, Manuel Reyes-Loya

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In this issue of the Hibbs Brief, we discuss some facts and statistics regarding the United States housing market in 2020 and early 2021. Then, we present current home sales figures and potential scenarios for 2021 for the nation and Tyler, Texas.


Regional Economics: Economic Impact Analysis, Manuel Reyes-Loya Mar 2019

Regional Economics: Economic Impact Analysis, Manuel Reyes-Loya

Hibbs Brief

In this issue of our Hibbs Brief, we share some basics of a valuable tool frequently used in regional economics, the Economic Impact Analysis.


Comparing Property Taxes, Manuel Reyes-Loya Jan 2019

Comparing Property Taxes, Manuel Reyes-Loya

Hibbs Brief

In this issue of our Hibbs Brief, we share some interesting facts about a local government revenue source of great interest to most citizens everywhere, and certainly to East Texans, the property tax.


Economics 101: Tariffs And Trade—Part 2; Deficits, China And More, Rod Mabry, Manuel Reyes-Loya Oct 2018

Economics 101: Tariffs And Trade—Part 2; Deficits, China And More, Rod Mabry, Manuel Reyes-Loya

Hibbs Brief

In our first Hibbs Brief on tariffs and trade, we noted that trade imbalances with a specific trading nation are the natural result of specialization. We wrote that one should not expect annual trading accounts in goods and services to balance between two given countries at the end of each year. There are deficits with some countries, surpluses with others—and different results by nation in different years. However, we expect general balance between our exports and imports across all accounts with all other countries combined, and that’s been our past history.


Economics 101: Tariffs And Trade, Rod Mabry, Manuel Reyes-Loya Sep 2018

Economics 101: Tariffs And Trade, Rod Mabry, Manuel Reyes-Loya

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Basic economics tells us trade with others benefits all. That is the basis for us being economists and you being a barber, banker, manager, or oil man. We all specialize according to our talents, work preferences, and available resources. We then work hard and trade the goods and services we produce. Specializing, rather than producing our own food, our own clothes and our own houses, allows us to become much more efficient producers. That added efficiency results in much higher total output, lower prices and higher incomes.