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Texas service sector activity retreats slightly
Texas service sector activity contracted in November, though at a slower pace than in October, according to business executives responding to the Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey.
November 25, 2025
Consumption concentration may be up, adding slightly to economic fragility
Analysts have taken notice of the large share of total U.S. spending attributable to the very highest earners. The concerns are that the emergence of K-shaped growth—bifurcated activity at an elevated rate among high earners and much more restrained among most others—may put the U.S. in greater economic peril.
November 25, 2025
Texas Business Outlook Surveys - Special Questions
The Dallas Fed asked a series of special questions in the Texas Business Outlook Surveys on margins, demand, employment and productivity.
November 24, 2025
Texas manufacturing activity accelerates, though employment remains flat
Texas factory activity expanded at a markedly faster pace in November, according to business executives responding to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey.
November 24, 2025
Opening remarks for panel titled ‘Economic uncertainty and the design and conduct of monetary policy’
The relevance of economic uncertainty to monetary policy is both timely and timeless. Timely, because this is a moment of substantial uncertainty about the economic outlook. Timeless, because uncertainty is a pervasive feature of the macroeconomy and monetary policymaking.
November 21, 2025
Weekly Economic Index
The WEI is currently 2.29 percent, scaled to four-quarter GDP growth, for the week ended Nov. 15 and 1.94 percent for Nov. 8.
November 20, 2025
Expiring solar tax credits shine a light on benefit inequities
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a broad package of federal spending and tax policies signed into law in July 2025, spells trouble for the residential solar industry.
November 20, 2025
Transfer payments, household savings play key roles in growing U.S. deficit
While recent levels of government borrowing have been high, private savings by U.S. residents have been elevated as well. As a result, overall borrowing for the entire U.S economy has been remarkably stable.
November 18, 2025
Permian Basin Economic Indicators, Q3 2025
Employment in the Permian Basin grew in the second quarter. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate in the region decreased slightly from the first quarter 2025. Home sales increased, while the median price of homes sold was flat.
November 17, 2025
Public Debt Levels and Real Interest Rates: Causal Evidence from Parliamentary Elections
This paper uses close parliamentary elections as natural experiments to estimate the debt sensitivity of interest rates.
November 17, 2025