The Texas, New Mexico and Louisiana economies are constantly changing. The information and data the Dallas Fed publishes in Southwest Economy can help keep you current with agriculture, banking, energy, high technology, manufacturing and international trade in this region. Bimonthly.

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2005 Issues

Issue 6, November/December 2005
Complete issue

• Opting Out of Work: What's Behind the Decline in Labor Force Participation?
  Helen McEwen, Pia Orrenius and Mark Wynne
  Text | PDF
   
• The National Economic Outlook: Continued Growth Likely
  Evan F. Koenig and Keith R. Phillips
  Text | PDF | Appendix
   
• A New Barometer for the Texas Economy
  Fiona Sigalla, Franklin D. Berger, Thomas B. Fomby and Keith R. Phillips
  Text | PDF
   
• Getting a Jump on Texas Employment Revisions
  Franklin D. Berger and Fiona Sigalla
  Text | PDF
   
• Yuan Diplomacy: China, Taiwan Vie in Latin American Trade Arena
  William C. Gruben
  Text | PDF | Spanish
   
• Regional Update
  Fiona Sigalla
  Text | PDF

Issue 5, September/October 2005
Complete issue

• Has the Housing Boom Increased Mortgage Risk?
  Jeffery W. Gunther and Robert R. Moore
  Text | PDF
   
• Making Sense of Elevated Housing Prices
  John V. Duca
  Text | PDF
   
• Financial Crises: Still a Mystery
  Felipe Meza and Erwan Quintin
  Text | PDF | Spanish
   
• Mexican GDP Falls but No One Notices
  Franklin D. Berger
  Text | PDF

Issue 4, July/August 2005
Complete issue

• Globalization and Monetary Policy
  Mark A. Wynne
  Text | PDF
   
• European Economic Integration: A Conflict of Visions
  Jason L. Saving
  Text | PDF
   
• Natural Gas Pricing: Do Oil Prices Still Matter?
  Stephen P. A. Brown
  Text | PDF
   
• Foreign Exchange Policy and Banking Reform in China
  Dong Fu
  Text | PDF
   
• Regional Update
  Raghav Virmani
  Text | PDF

Issue 3, May/June 2005
Complete issue

• Dallas Fed Introduces Business-Cycle Indexes for Texas Metros
  Keith R. Phillips
  Text | PDF
   
• A Fitter, Trimmer Core Inflation Measure
  Jim Dolmas
  Text | PDF
   
• Texas Finding Growth in Seeming Disadvantage
  Raghav Virmani and Stephen P. A. Brown
  Text | PDF
   
• Mexico Emerges from 10-Year Credit Slump
  Robert B. Bubel and Edward C. Skelton
  Text | PDF | Spanish
   
• Regional Update
  Kristen Hamden
  Text | PDF

Issue 2, March/April 2005
Complete issue

• Empty Spaces: Are Texas Office Markets on the Road to Recovery?
  D'Ann Petersen
  Text | PDF | Update
   
• Supply Chain Management: The Science of Better, Faster, Cheaper
  Thomas F. Siems
  Text | PDF
   
• Domestic Policy No Match for Trade Stance of Central American Countries
  William C. Gruben
  Text | PDF | Spanish
   
• Regional Update
  Raghav Virmani
  Text | PDF

Issue 1, January/February 2005
Complete issue

• Don't Mess with Texas
  Fiona Sigalla
  Text | PDF
   
• Social Security and Medicare: No Free Lunch
  Jason L. Saving and Alan D. Viard
  Text | PDF
   
• Where IT's @: Technology and the Economy
  Thomas F. Siems and Mine K. Yücel
  Text | PDF
   
• Russia's Churn: So Far Along, So Far to Go
  Julia Kedrova
  Text | PDF