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Transfer payments, household savings play key roles in growing U.S. deficit
While recent levels of government borrowing have been high, private savings by U.S. residents have been elevated as well. As a result, overall borrowing for the entire U.S economy has been remarkably stable.
November 18, 2025
Permian Basin Economic Indicators, Q3 2025
Employment in the Permian Basin grew in the second quarter. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate in the region decreased slightly from the first quarter 2025. Home sales increased, while the median price of homes sold was flat.
November 17, 2025
Public Debt Levels and Real Interest Rates: Causal Evidence from Parliamentary Elections
This paper uses close parliamentary elections as natural experiments to estimate the debt sensitivity of interest rates.
November 17, 2025
Fast-growing Texas metros offer blueprint to handle U.S. housing shortage
Cullum Clark, director of the Bush Institute–SMU Economic Growth Initiative and an adjunct professor of economics at Southern Methodist University, discusses his recent report, “Build Homes, Expand Opportunity: Lessons from America’s Fastest-Growing Cities.”
November 17, 2025
Texas economy cools as concerns about tariffs, uncertainty persist
The Texas economy appears to be cooling following an upturn during the summer. The TBOS headline indexes of manufacturing production and services revenue weakened in September and October, following a brief late -summer rebound.
November 14, 2025
Weekly Economic Index
The WEI is currently 2.00 percent, scaled to four-quarter GDP growth, for the week ended Nov. 8 and 2.27 percent for Nov. 1.
November 13, 2025
Southern New Mexico Economic Indicators, Q2 2025
Employment in Southern New Mexico grew in the second quarter. The unemployment rate fell but remained higher than the state and nation.
November 12, 2025
Rio Grande Valley Economic Indicators, Third Quarter 2025
Employment increased in the Rio Grande Valley and unemployment rose in the three months ending in August. Year-over-year wage increases were mixed, with wages down in McAllen but up in Brownsville.
November 10, 2025
Bankers report declines in loan volume and demand
Loan volume and demand fell in November after several months of growth. Volume declines were led by consumer and commercial and industrial lending.
November 10, 2025
Has the opioid crisis peaked in Texas and the U.S.?
After years of mounting deaths and costs from opioid addition, recent declines in both Texas and the nation suggest the worst may have passed.
November 10, 2025