A comprehensive list of recently added postings on Dallasfed.org.
Dallas-Fort Worth Economic Indicators, November 2021
Dallas–Fort Worth economic expansion accelerated in September. Payroll employment grew and finally surpassed its prepandemic high 19 months after COVID-19 battered the local labor market.
November 1, 2021
San Antonio Economic Indicators
Broad measures of the San Antonio economy were largely positive in September. Payrolls surged in the month, though jobs in the third quarter posted tepid growth.
October 29, 2021
El Paso Economic Indicators
After stumbling in August, the El Paso metro continued its recovery from the pandemic-induced recession in September.
October 27, 2021
Texas Economic Indicators
The Texas economy continued to recover in September. Payroll employment growth accelerated, and unemployment claims ticked up but remained near their lowest postpandemic levels.
October 26, 2021
Texas Service Sector Activity Accelerates in October
The Texas service sector’s pace of growth picked up in October, according to business executives responding to the Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey.
October 26, 2021
Texas Employment Forecast
Texas employment growth increased to an 8.8 percent annualized rate in September after a downwardly revised 3.0 percent (previously 4.4 percent) in August.
October 22, 2021
Robert Triplett named Dallas Fed first vice president, COO
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas today announced the appointment of Robert L. Triplett III as first vice president and chief operating officer. His appointment is effective October 20, 2021.
October 20, 2021
Eleventh District Beige Book
Solid expansion continued in the Eleventh District economy, though COVID-19 and labor and supply-chain constraints remained headwinds. Growth in the manufacturing and nonfinancial services sectors was strong, and retail sales rose at an average pace.
October 20, 2021
Firm Entry and Exit and Aggregate Growth
Applying the Foster, Haltiwanger and Krizan (2001) decomposition to plant-level manufacturing data from Chile and Korea, this paper finds that the entry and exit of plants account for a larger fraction of aggregate productivity growth during periods of fast GDP growth.
October 19, 2021
exuber: Recursive Right-Tailed Unit Root Testing with R
This paper introduces the R package exuber for testing and date-stamping periods of mildly explosive dynamics (exuberance) in time series.
October 19, 2021