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Austin Economic Indicators, May 2025
Austin employment rose in March, paired with a stable unemployment rate, and wages increased. Suburban office vacancies increased in the first quarter, while downtown office vacancies declined.
May 6, 2025
Houston Economic Indicators, May 2025
Houston’s labor market continued to expand moderately with employment increasing 2.2 percent in the first quarter. Unemployment remained stable in March. Despite strong employment data, leading indicators of local economic activity are signaling a potential slowing of the regional economy over the remainder of 2025.
May 2, 2025
El Paso Economic Indicators, May 2025
Employment in El Paso grew slightly in March, and the unemployment rate ticked up. Single-family housing permits fell. Trade volumes jumped in February.
May 2, 2025
San Antonio Economic Indicators, May 2025
San Antonio payrolls and wages grew in March. Retail sales tax revenue continued to fall on a yearly basis. The unemployment rate remained the same.
May 1, 2025
Energy Indicators, May 2025
Energy executives surveyed by the Dallas Fed reported an increase in the price of oil needed to justify drilling, as economic uncertainty and planned production increases from OPEC+ nations pushed oil prices down.
May 1, 2025
Texas Economic Indicators, March 2025
The Texas economy expanded in March. Employment and earnings both rose. The April Texas Business Outlook Surveys showed a notable decline in company outlooks.
April 30, 2025
Growth resumes in Texas service sector, but company outlooks deteriorated further
Texas service sector activity grew slightly in April, according to business executives responding to the Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey. The revenue index, a key measure of state service sector conditions, rose three points to 3.8, indicating a small increase in revenue.
April 29, 2025
Growth continues in Texas manufacturing sector, but outlooks worsen
Texas factory activity continued to rise in April. The production index, a key measure of state manufacturing conditions, was largely unchanged. Other measures of manufacturing activity signaled contraction, however.
April 28, 2025
Asset Manager Commonality and Portfolio Similarity
Asset managers are increasingly influential in financial markets. This paper uses new regulatory as well as manually collected data on asset managers of life insurers, the largest institutional investors of corporate bonds, and finds that insurers with the same asset managers have more similar portfolios and trades.
April 25, 2025
Tax Progressivity, Economic Booms and Trickle-Up Economics
This paper proposes a method to decompose changes in the tax structure into orthogonal components measuring the level and progressivity of taxes.
April 24, 2025