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economy: Movin' on Up - 12/30/08 07:22 AM
Census bureau shows Texas economy attracting droves
More people are moving to Texas from other states than from other countries as the state's relatively strong employment base attracts families struggling with foreclosures and layoffs elsewhere, the Census Bureau reported in late December.
Between July 2007 and July 1, 2008, nearly 141,000 people moved to Texas from other states, compared with about 92,000 international migrants, the bureau said.
The data provide a fresh indicator of how longstanding immigration patterns into Texas are changing.
In the early years of this decade, international migration into Texas was two to three times as great as … (1 comments)
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economy: Faster Recovery! - 08/19/08 01:52 PM
Economist: Austin will recover faster than the rest of the U.S.
Austin Business Journal - by Jean Kwon ABJ Staff
In the coming year Austin will outperform the rest of the country in job growth and in the health of its housing market, according to Mark Dotzour, chief economist at Texas A&M University's Real Estate Center.
Austin will add 8,500 new jobs between now and August 2009, despite a negative job growth across the country, he says. The local housing market will turn around faster than the rest of the country by next summer, Dotzour predicts.
In the meantime there will … (0 comments)
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