COVID-19 update

Dallas Fed News

• 9/30/2021—Federal Support Keeps State Budgets (Including Texas’) Healthy amid Tumult from COVID-19-Induced Economic Ills
• 9/30/2021—Technology Displaced Workers in Pandemic; Retraining Must Expand
• 9/30/2021—Spotlight: Missteps Along U.S.–Mexico Border Hinder Movement of COVID-19 Biomedical Trade
• 8/31/2021—Treasury Auctions During the Pandemic: Stresses but Few Surprises
• 8/26/2021—Fed’s Mortgage-Backed Securities Purchases Sought Calm, Accommodation During Pandemic
• 7/6/2021—How Much Slack Is Left in the Labor Market?
• 6/22/2021—The Paycheck Protection Program: Conditional Success or Unconditional Failure?
• 6/18/2021—Federal COVID-19 Relief Aided Consumer Debt, Though Immigrant Texans Derived Less Benefit
• 6/18/2021—Texas Restaurants Find Change on Postpandemic Menu
• 6/18/2021—Banks Face New Challenges as Texas Rebounds from COVID-19 Shock
• 6/18/2021—Go Figure: Women Took Brunt of Pandemic Job Loss as Priorities Shifted to Home
• 5/27/2021—The Labor Market May Be Tighter than the Level of Employment Suggests
• 4/9/2021—Go Figure: Collapsing Fuel Demand Tanks Texas Exports During Pandemic’s Peak
• 4/9/2021—COVID-19 Slammed into Texas, Leaving Long-Lasting Impacts
• 4/9/2021—COVID-19 Poses Stubborn Challenge to Economic Growth in Mexico
• 4/9/2021—Spotlight: Pandemic Pushes Texas Minority Unemployment Beyond Highs Reached During Great Recession
• 4/9/2021—Snapshot: Dining Out Picks Up in Texas, Houston

March 2021

• 3/30/2021—For Many, Work-from-Home Arrangements Likely to Outlast Pandemic
• 3/23/2021—Effects of COVID-19 on Tourism, Energy Weigh on Texas, New Mexico, Louisiana
• 3/2/2021—COVID-19 Risks Expose Vulnerabilities, Downside Risks to U.S. Outlook

February 2021

• 2/16/2021—Systemic Risks, Interdependencies Weigh on 2021 Global Outlook
• 2/11/2021—Hard-Hit Child Care Industry May Need Multisector Response to Revive and Thrive
• 2/9/2021—Pandemic Pushed the U.S. into Recession … and Hourly Wages Rose?
• 2/2/2021—COVID-19 Exposes Mortgage Market Vulnerabilities that Led to Volatility, Fed Intervention

January 2021

• 1/12/2021—Pandemic Economic Lifeline: Taxes on Consumption, Labor that Fund Stay-at-Home Subsidies

December 2020

• 12/24/2020—COVID-19 Resurgence Across Texas Depresses Economic Growth
• 12/21/2020—COVID-19 Fuels Sudden, Surging Demand for Suburban Housing
• 12/21/2020—Pandemic Unemployment Benefits Provided Much-Needed Fiscal Support
• 12/21/2020—Go Figure: Loan Delinquencies Start to Climb After Falling with Stimulus and Relief
• 12/1/2020—Global Perspectives: Mark Carney on Leading the Bank of England, Climate Change, COVID-19 and Community Involvement

November 2020

• 11/17/2020—Impact of COVID-19 on Small Service Firms Clouds Texas Jobs Estimates
• 11/10/2020—Pandemic Disproportionately Affects Women, Minority Labor Force Participation

October 2020

• 10/20/2020—Global Perspectives: Richard W. Fisher on the COVID-19 Recovery, the Fed’s Response and the Future of Globalization
• 10/13/2020—Auto Industry on Road to Recovery from Pandemic

September 2020

• 9/29/2020—Highly Indebted FHA Borrowers at Special Risk as COVID-19 Forbearance Ends
• 9/24/2020—Texas Economy Improves Despite Lagging Sectors as COVID-19 Cases Decline
• 9/4/2020—Who Benefited from the Paycheck Protection Program? Our Texas Analysis Offers an Early Look
• 9/1/2020—Commuting Patterns During COVID-19 Endure; Minorities Less Likely to Work from Home

August 2020

• 8/25/2020—Global Perspectives: Marvin E. Odum on the COVID-19 Fight, Energy Outlook
• 8/18/2020—Texas Weekly Employment Estimate Provides New, Early Economic Insights
• 8/11/2020—Insights from Dallas Fed Surveys: Uneven Economic Recovery Likely in Texas
• 8/6/2020—Texas Economy’s Rebound Stalls in July after Gains in May, June
• 8/4/2020—U.S. Economic Rebound Uneven amid Resurgent Local COVID-19 Outbreaks

July 2020

• 7/16/2020—Federal and Local Resources Help Small Businesses Strive for New Normal
• 7/9/2020—Global Perspectives: Epidemiologists Robert Haley and Trish Perl on Fighting COVID-19
• 7/7/2020—Policymakers’ Response to COVID-19 Can Draw on Great Recession Lessons

June 2020

• 6/23/2020—Small Business Hardships Highlight Relationship with Lenders in COVID-19 Era
• 6/23/2020—COVID-19’s Unprecedented Impact Alters U.S. Labor Market
• 6/23/2020—COVID-19, Oil Price Collapse, Dimming Outlook for Banks in 2020
• 6/23/2020—LiftFund’s Microlending Customers Battle to Survive COVID-19 Shock
• 6/23/2020—Black Workers at Risk for 'Last Hired, First Fired'
• 6/23/2020—COVID-19 Tanks Fuel Consumption, Prices
• 6/18/2020—Texas Jobs Decline at Historic Pace from Impact of COVID-19

May 2020

• 5/28/2020—Communities, Service Providers in Region See Long Road to COVID-19 Recovery, Fed Survey Shows
• 5/28/2020—Early Mandated Social Distancing Does Best to Control COVID–19 Spread
• 5/26/2020—CARES Act Likely to Blunt Mortgage Delinquency Rate Increase
• 5/26/2020—TBOS Special Questions on Impacts of COVID-19
• 5/21/2020—New Dallas Fed Social Distancing Index Gives Insight into COVID-19’s Economic Impact
• 5/20/2020—Bloomberg: Fed's Kaplan on Economic Recovery, Virus Testing, Oil Well Shut-ins
• 5/15/2020—Real-Time Survey to Provide Timelier Labor Market Data in Era of COVID-19
• 5/14/2020—Mayor Eric Johnson and President Robert S. Kaplan Discuss Economic and Community Issues related to the COVID-19 Pandemic
• 5/12/2020—Shock, Grief and Opportunity: The Emotional Roller Coaster of COVID-19 in the Small Business Community
• 5/12/2020—Labor Economy at Greater Risk in Texas than U.S. During COVID-19 Crisis
• 5/7/2020—Texas Economic Activity Sharply Falls in Wake of COVID-19
• 5/6/2020—Yahoo Finance: We think the unemployment rate could get as high as 20% at its peak: Dallas Fed President
• 5/5/2020—Private Forecasters’ COVID-19 Global Growth Outlook Takes Shape

April 2020

• 4/28/2020—Global Perspectives: Tom Hoenig on the Costs of COVID-19, Modern Monetary Theory and Fed Leadership
• 4/27/2020—TBOS Special Questions: Impacts of COVID-19 on Manufacturing, Service Sector, Retail
• 4/20/2020—Connecting Communities During COVID-19: A Quick Guide to Broadband Solutions for Local Governments
• 4/17/2020—U.S. Economic Activity During the Early Weeks of the SARS-Cov-2 Outbreak
• 4/16/2020—Bloomberg: Fed's Kaplan on Virus Pandemic's Impact on Economy, Oil Industry
• 4/16/2020—Monetary Policy in Time of Pandemic
• 4/14/2020—Emerging-Market Economies Face COVID-19 and a 'Sudden Stop' in Capital Flows
• 4/8/2020—Reuters: Fed's Kaplan sees U.S. growth returning in second half, but consumers staying cautious
• 4/7/2020—Working from Home During a Pandemic: It’s Not for Everyone
• 4/2/2020—CNBC: Dallas Fed president: Expect a severe economic contraction in the second quarter
• 4/1/2020—Communities Step Up to Address Economic Impact of COVID-19

March 2020

• 3/30/2020—Texas Business Outlook Surveys: Texas business executives were asked questions on the impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19)
• 3/27/2020—Marketplace: Dallas Fed president calls policies relief, rather than stimulus


• 3/27/2020—COVID-19 and CRA: Fed Issues Guidance on Helping Communities Through the Crisis
• 3/27/2020—Bloomberg: Fed's Kaplan Says the U.S. Economy Will Come Out of Downturn Strong
• 3/26/2020—Dallas Fed Energy Survey Results Point to Bleak Outlook for Oil Industry