By: News 8 Austin Staff AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry Monday met with state agency leaders to assess the impact of the nation's current financial crisis. "Although our economy remains one of the strongest in the nation, it is still interlaced with economies of other states that are suffering, and we must continue to monitor the current financial situation closely," Gov. Perry said. According to the Governor's office, Texas is far more equipped to handle economic instability than most other states. Stronger guidelines for home equity borrowing and lending has resulted in Texas having some of the lowest levels of mortgage defaults among the nation's top ten most populous states, according to the Governor's office. Texas has generated nearly half of all jobs created in the nation from August 2007 to August...
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