Is/are a force currently transforming the u. s. exonomy

Yes. There are always forces that are transforming the U.S. economy in some way. These forces can be through the government (monetary or fiscal policy) or through the free market.

Texas’ gulf coastal plains are the western extension of the coastal plain extending from the atlantic ocean to beyond the rio grande. its characteristic rolling to hilly surface covered with a heavy growth of pine and hardwoods extends into east texas. in the increasingly arid west, however, its forests become secondary in nature, consisting largely of post oaks and, farther west, prairies and brushlands.