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REDNews TEXAS WILL OUTPACE THE NATION 2015 ECONOMIC FORECAST www.texasceomagazine.com TEXAS CEO MAGAZINE Yücel sees the likelihood of ending 2014 at a 3.5 percent emSenior VP/Director of Research , FRB of Dallas ployment growth rate for Texas while the U.S. rate is forecast to finish up 1.9 percent. Yücel spoke in both Dallas and Austin, and Anil Kumar, Senior Research Economist and Advisor, shared his observations and statistics in both Houston and San Antonio. The forecast events were held at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, the FRB Houston Branch, the FRB San Antonio Branch, and at the AT&T Conference Center in Austin. Collaborators for the 2015 Forecast events were Texas CEO Magazine, Texas Enterprise and the McCombs Alumni Network. The following are excerpts of Texas CEO MagaThe following are excerpts of Texas CEO Magazine’s full recap of this informative event which took zine’s full recap of this informative event which took place in Dallas, Houston, Austin and San Antonio in place in Dallas, Houston, Austin and San Antonio November 2014. For the full article, please go to in November 2014. For the full article, please go www.texasceomagazine.com to www.texasceomagazine.com Energy bor shortage that will slow our growth rate. With Texas the number one producer of oil & gas in the nation, Yücel reminded everyone, “We don’t only produce oil, we supply the world with oil & gas services with one-quarter of U.S. refinin