Dallas Fed recent additions

• Pace of Texas economic growth slows as supply-chain, staffing woes persist

  The Texas economy continued expanding in December and January, though the pace of growth decelerated relative to the overall fourth-quarter pace.

  February 3, 2022

• Texas Service Sector Growth Slows Sharply in January

  The Texas service sector decelerated notably in January, according to business executives responding to the Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey.

  February 1, 2022

• Minority depository institutions have vital role serving vulnerable communities

  Minority depository institutions merit particular attention because of the unique role they play in nurturing economic activity in minority and low- and moderate-income communities.

  February 1, 2022

• Texas Business Outlook Surveys - Special Questions

  For this month’s survey, Texas business executives were asked supplemental questions on the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) and labor market.

  January 31, 2022

• PCE Inflation Update, December 2021

  The headline, or all-items, PCE price index rose an annualized 5.5 percent in December after increasing an annualized 7.8 percent in November.

  January 28, 2022

• Energy Indicators

  Eroding inventories, heighted political tensions and uncertainty regarding spare production capacity from OPEC+ member countries kept global energy prices elevated through the end of 2021.

  January 28, 2022

• El Paso Economic Indicators

  El Paso’s economic expansion paused in December. The metro’s business-cycle index dipped, and its labor market contracted.

  January 27, 2022

• Texas Economic Indicators

  The Texas economy saw broad-based employment growth and a decline in unemployment in December. COVID-19 cases appear to have peaked in mid-January.

  January 25, 2022

• Federal Reserve Banks of Atlanta and Dallas conference explored housing, urban economics

  Residential real estate prices rose sharply throughout the United States following the onset of COVID-19 in early 2020. While property owners received a capital gains windfall, first-time buyers and renters have struggled with reduced affordability.

  January 25, 2022

• Skipping school: Enrollment numbers down for students ages 16–24 during pandemic

  Pandemic-related hardships likely contributed to a surge in the number of young people disconnected from school at both the secondary and postsecondary levels.

  January 24, 2022