State output remains distinctly Texan, while jobs mix increasingly resembles the U.S.
Lore and data have historically suggested that Texas is unlike any other place. Over the past 40 years, change has swept the state. Texas’ employment composition has increasingly come to resemble the entirety of the U.S., more so than even California or New York. But Texas economic output is another story.
November 17, 2023
Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey
Growth in Texas factory activity continued in October, according to business executives responding to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey.
October 30, 2023
Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey
Growth in Texas factory activity resumed in September, according to business executives responding to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey.
September 25, 2023
Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey
Texas factory activity contracted again in August, according to business executives responding to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey.
August 28, 2023
Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey
Texas factory activity declined in June, according to business executives responding to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey.
July 31, 2023
Mexico seeks to solidify rank as top U.S. trade partner, push further past China
Mexico's emergence followed fractious U.S. relations with China, which had moved past Canada to claim the top trading spot in 2014. The dynamic changed in 2018 when the U.S. imposed tariffs on China’s goods and with subsequent pandemic-era supply-chain disruptions that altered international trade and investment flows worldwide.
July 11, 2023
Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey
Texas factory activity declined in June, according to business executives responding to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey.
June 26, 2023
Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey
Texas factory activity remained relatively flat in May, according to business executives responding to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey.
May 30, 2023
Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey
Texas factory activity was flat in April after growing modestly in March, according to business executives responding to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey.
April 24, 2023
Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey
Texas factory activity expanded slightly in March after contracting in February, according to business executives responding to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey.
March 27, 2023