A comprehensive list of recently added postings on Dallasfed.org.
El Paso Economic Indicators, March 17, 2023
In January, El Paso experienced strong payroll growth accompanied by continued increases in the business-cycle index and average hourly wages. However, unemployment rose, and U.S. industrial production increased slightly.
March 17, 2023
Texas Economic Indicators, March 2023
Texas’ economy continues to expand in 2023. Employment gains were broad based in January, with growth in oil and gas outperforming all other major sectors. Existing-home sales and median home prices increased in January.
March 17, 2023
San Antonio Economic Indicators, March 15, 2023
The San Antonio economy slowed in January, as the business-cycle index stayed steady, wages declined, and the unemployment rate ticked up. Single-family permits for new-home construction continued to fall, and housing affordability declined further.
March 15, 2023
Texas Employment Forecast, Feb. 3
The Texas Employment Forecast indicates that jobs will increase 2.8 percent in 2023, with an 80 percent confidence band of 2.0 to 3.5 percent.
March 10, 2023
Texas to get new type of refinery: a lithium refinery
Tesla is developing the facility near Corpus Christi to produce battery-grade lithium hydroxide, a lithium chemical used in the high-performance lithium-ion batteries that companies such as Tesla prefer.
March 10, 2023
Mexico recovering from pandemic slowdown; structural issues persist
Daniel Chiquiar, professor of economics at Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico) and former chief economist of Mexico’s central bank, Banco de México, discusses the country’s recent economic performance and the challenges it faces in 2023.
March 10, 2023
High-tech hotspot Austin works to solve labor, housing issues
In the fourth stop on her 360° in 365 Listening Tour, Dallas Fed President Lorie K. Logan met with Austin business and community leaders in January to learn about the area’s strengths, challenges and outlook.
March 9, 2023
Eleventh District Beige Book
The Eleventh District economy continued to expand modestly. Manufacturing output and demand declined, but growth picked up slightly in the service sector. Retail sales fell again, and energy activity eased slightly.
March 8, 2023
Capital flowed from emerging markets as pandemic, economic cycle took hold
Fluctuations in the global financial cycle, reflecting impacts from the COVID crisis, account for roughly one-third of the movement in emerging-market inflows during 2020–23.
March 7, 2023
Preventing and responding to dysfunction in core markets
Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan delivered these remarks at the Workshop on Market Dysfunction at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
March 3, 2023