PODCAST: Texas economist Ray Perryman on where the economy could land after pandemic, energy collapse

For some perspective on the potential aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic effects on Texas, the Dallas Business Journal talked to economist Ray Perryman for our statewide Texas Business Minds podcast.

Perryman, president and CEO of The Perryman Group, an economic research and analysis firm based in Waco, gave us an extended interview (that was recorded on March 27).

Some highlights of the interview:

FUNDAMENTALS PRIOR TO COVID-19: “We had seen a slowdown in employment between…