A new year brings hopes for end of economic fallout FacebookTwitterEmail Decorations in the lobby of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, photographed in downtown Dallas on Friday, August 16, 2019. CREDIT: Louis DeLuca for The Houston ChronicleLouis DeLuca Like millions of other U.S. workers over roughly the past year, Anthony Cole has had some ups and downs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cole, who usually works in the hospitality industry in Mid-County, has changed jobs a couple of times during the past nine months, had a few weeks of uncertainty after being laid off and even contracted the virus before Thanksgiving.