Regional Economic Indicators
                            Compiled by the Research Department
                              Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas


                                                                 Percent change
                                                                       from
                            Current       Previous       Year ago     Previous
                        Period  Value  Period  Value  Period  Value Period Year



Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Texas Indexes (1987=100)

Industrial production  Jan. 10  140.3 Dec. 09  140.3 Jan. 09  144.4  -0.0  -2.8
 Manufacturing         Jan. 10  141.1 Dec. 09  141.1 Jan. 09  145.3   0.0  -2.9
Leading indicators     Dec. 09  112.3 Nov. 09  111.1 Dec. 08  109.0   1.1   3.1
Real Gross Product     QIII 09  124.8 QII  09  124.3 QIII 08  125.5   0.4  -0.6

Nonagricultural employment (thousands)

Total

 Texas                 Jan. 1010233.5 Dec. 0910229.2 Jan. 0910516.3   0.0  -2.7
 New Mexico            Jan. 10  803.5 Dec. 09  805.3 Jan. 09  829.1  -0.2  -3.1
 Louisiana             Jan. 10 1882.6 Dec. 09 1879.8 Jan. 09 1929.0   0.1  -2.4

Manufacturing

 Texas                 Jan. 10  815.3 Dec. 09  814.4 Jan. 09  892.1   0.1  -8.6
 New Mexico            Jan. 10   29.4 Dec. 09   29.3 Jan. 09   32.3   0.3  -9.0
 Louisiana             Jan. 10  135.5 Dec. 09  136.3 Jan. 09  149.5  -0.6  -9.4

Private service-producing

 Texas                 Jan. 10 6811.5 Dec. 09 6802.4 Jan. 09 6944.2   0.1  -1.9
 New Mexico            Jan. 10  514.4 Dec. 09  514.9 Jan. 09  525.1  -0.1  -2.0
 Louisiana             Jan. 10 1206.1 Dec. 09 1203.0 Jan. 09 1220.6   0.3  -1.2

Unemployment rates (percent)

Texas                  Jan. 10    8.2 Dec. 09    8.2 Jan. 09    6.4   0.0   1.8
 Dallas                Jan. 10    8.2 Dec. 09    8.4 Jan. 09    6.8  -0.2   1.4
 Ft. Worth-Arlington   Jan. 10    8.1 Dec. 09    8.5 Jan. 09    6.6  -0.4   1.5
 Houston               Jan. 10    8.4 Dec. 09    8.7 Jan. 09    6.2  -0.3   2.2
New Mexico             Jan. 10    8.5 Dec. 09    8.2 Jan. 09    5.9   0.3   2.6
Louisiana              Jan. 10    7.4 Dec. 09    7.3 Jan. 09    5.7   0.1   1.7

Consumer prices (1982-1984=100)

Dallas-Ft. Worth       Jan. 10  203.9 Dec. 09  203.6 Jan. 09  200.4   0.1   1.7
Houston                Dec. 09  192.9 Nov. 09  192.7 Dec. 08  187.7   0.1   2.8

Personal income (billions of dollars)

Texas                  QIII 09  892.8 QII  09  891.0 QIII 08  908.5   0.2  -1.7
New Mexico             QIII 09   63.5 QII  09   63.4 QIII 08   63.6   0.1  -0.2
Louisiana              QIII 09  153.0 QII  09  153.6 QIII 08  155.2  -0.4  -1.4

Construction (Employment and permits in thousands, contract values in millions of dollars)

Texas

Employment             Jan. 10  560.0 Dec. 09  561.7 Jan. 09  647.5  -0.3 -13.5
Residential permits    Jan. 10    7.6 Dec. 09    7.6 Jan. 09    7.4   0.2   3.1
Nonres. contract value Feb. 10  759.1 Jan. 10 1263.5 Feb. 09 1443.6 -39.9 -47.4

New Mexico

Employment             Jan. 10   44.5 Dec. 09   45.2 Jan. 09   52.7  -1.5 -15.6
Residential permits    Jan. 10    0.4 Dec. 09    0.4 Jan. 09    0.5  -3.9 -28.2
Nonres. contract value Feb. 10   27.1 Jan. 10   48.5 Feb. 09   86.8 -44.2 -68.8

Louisiana

Employment             Jan. 10  125.7 Dec. 09  125.1 Jan. 09  135.6   0.5  -7.3
Residential permits    Jan. 10    0.9 Dec. 09    1.0 Jan. 09    1.0 -11.6 -13.3
Nonres. contract value Feb. 10  366.6 Jan. 10  344.8 Feb. 09  148.6   6.3 146.7

Energy

Price of W. Tx. crude  Mar. 10  80.94 Feb. 10  76.42 Mar. 09  47.98   5.9  68.7
Rotary Rigs Running
 Texas                 Mar. 10  600.4 Feb. 10  535.8 Mar. 09  477.5  12.1  25.7
 New Mexico            Mar. 10   64.2 Feb. 10   57.4 Mar. 09   45.3  11.9  41.8
 Louisiana             Mar. 10  213.8 Feb. 10  202.4 Mar. 09  140.4   5.6  52.2

Financial (billions of dollars)

Eleventh District deposits at banks,
S&Ls, credit unions    Jun. 09  284.4 May  09  281.4 Jun. 08  258.1   1.1  10.2

Agricultural land values (Eleventh district, dollars per acre)

Dryland                QIV  09 1266.2 QIII 09 1292.1 QIV  08 1335.3  -2.0  -5.2
Irrigated cropland     QIV  09 1356.3 QIII 09 1373.4 QIV  08 1411.1  -1.3  -3.9
Ranchland              QIV  09 1131.1 QIII 09 1141.4 QIV  08 1117.6  -0.9   1.2

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