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Weighing Texas economic resilience amid tariffs, workforce challenges


Abstract: Ray Perryman, principal of Waco-based The Perryman Group, has been an observer of the Texas economy for more than four decades. He offers his views of what has propelled Texas since the 1980s oil bust and the state’s future prospects, and he recounts how he grew his economics firm.

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Part of Series: Southwest Economy

Publication Date: 2025-03-07

Note: On the record: A conversation with Ray Perryman. This is an edited and abridged version of a conversation available on the Southwest Economy Podcast.