A comprehensive list of recently added postings on Dallasfed.org.
Permian Basin Economic Indicators
Permian Basin-area employment grew in 2022. Oil production reached a new high, and the rig count increased. However, home sales slowed and median home prices declined slightly during the fourth quarter.
March 1, 2023
Texas service sector activity continues to grow, price pressures remain elevated
Growth in Texas service sector activity continued in February, according to business executives responding to the Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey.
February 28, 2023
Threat of global housing slide looms amid rising rates
While house-price growth has recently begun to moderate—or, in some countries, to decline—the risk of a deep global housing slide persists.
February 28, 2023
Did expanded Child Tax Credit enable parents in financially vulnerable households to work during pandemic?
Social scientists have found in some instances that safety-net programs sometimes reduce recipients’ incentive to work and thereby provide a headwind to U.S. economic growth.
February 28, 2023
PCE inflation update
The headline, or all-items, PCE price index rose an annualized 7.7 percent in January after increasing an annualized 2.4 percent in December.
February 24, 2023
Banking Conditions Survey, February 2023
Loan demand declined for the fourth period in a row, with more than half of bankers reporting a decrease over the past six weeks.
February 21, 2023
Trade diversion has helped ease the impact of the embargo on Russian oil
Much has been made about the effect of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on the price of oil. However, the price of oil was already drifting upward well before the invasion in late February 2022.
February 21, 2023
Energy Indicators, February 16
Natural gas prices have plunged since the start of the year. An unusually warm winter in both the United States and Europe kept demand low during the heating season, and European countries were able to import sufficient amounts of non-Russian gas to forestall a winter energy crisis.
February 16, 2023
Mexico’s economic growth slows in fourth quarter; outlook weakens
Mexico’s fourth-quarter GDP growth was slower than earlier in 2022, indicating that the Mexican economy was losing momentum. Still, growth was slightly faster than expected as GDP rose an annualized 1.6 percent compared with median expectations of 1.2 percent.
February 16, 2023
Dallas Fed, Latin American central banks explore financial stability risks
The COVID-19 pandemic, recent monetary tightening and a strengthening U.S. dollar were the themes explored during a recent conference organized by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and the Center for Latin American Monetary Studies (CEMLA) and held at CEMLA’s Mexico City headquarters.
February 16, 2023