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Texas economy remains strong despite drop in oil prices

KETR | By John Mark Dempsey
Published August 21, 2015 at 6:00 AM CDT
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Texas A&M University-Commerce economics professor Dr. Dale Funderburk says the Texas economy remains robust despite a big drop in oil prices, although about 27,000 energy jobs have been dropped.  And Dale discusses the appointment of a new president of the Dallas Federal Reserve branch, Robert Kaplan.

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John Mark Dempsey
John Mark Dempsey is the host of the public interest program The Blacklands Café from KETR News. Dempsey is also the play-by-play announcer for Commerce Tigers Football on 88.9 FM and on ketr.org.
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