EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced Friday the state economy expanded to $2.9 trillion in 2025, based on estimates from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Gov. Abbott said the Texas economy grew faster than the U.S. as a whole in 2025 when adjusted for inflation.
Based on preliminary estimates from the International Monetary Fun of 2025, Texas is the eighth-largest economy in the world, the governor said. Estimates considered the current-dollar gross domestic product (GDP) for all countries.
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- EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced Friday the state economy expanded to $2.9 trillion in 2025, based on estimates from the U.S.
- “The Texas economy expanded to a record high of $2.9 trillion thanks to the productivity of our skilled workforce and the entrepreneurs and businesses investing here with confidence,” said Gov.
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Reporting by Gabrielle Lopez. Photo: Gabrielle Lopez.
This will come up at the next city council meeting for sure.