A comprehensive list of recently added postings on Dallasfed.org.
Texas learns lessons from for-profit alternative teacher certification
Dallas Fed economist Christa Deneault discusses her research examining how teaching certifications earned from for-profit providers stack up against those earned through more conventional means.
October 6, 2025
Texas Economic Indicators
The Texas economy expanded in August. Employment growth was strong, though the unemployment rate ticked up slightly and initial unemployment insurance claims were elevated in mid-September. The September Texas Business Outlook Surveys showed continued expansion in manufacturing but contraction in the service sector.
October 2, 2025
Payment system design can encourage intraday liquidity efficiency
Efficient allocation of bank reserves improves central bank balance sheet efficiency. Frictions in such redistribution can affect monetary policy implementation.
October 2, 2025
Mexico’s economy continues growing through second quarter, outlook remains weak
The latest data available were mixed. While output, exports and retail sales grew, industrial production and employment declined. The peso was stable against the dollar, and inflation remained elevated.
October 2, 2025
Houston Economic Indicators
Houston’s labor market saw no notable growth over the three months ending in August, with employment increasing an annualized 0.1 percent. Unemployment ticked up to 4.6 percent in August.
October 2, 2025
Weekly Economic Index
The WEI is currently 2.05 percent, scaled to four-quarter GDP growth, for the week ended Sept. 20 and 2.30 percent for Sept. 13.
October 2, 2025
San Antonio Economic Indicators
San Antonio payrolls grew, and the unemployment rate increased in August. Wages registered a strong annual increase. Sales tax revenue in San Antonio rose faster than Texas sales tax revenue. Median home prices declined while inventories were flat.
October 2, 2025
Why I’ll be cautious about further rate cuts
While the labor market has undeniably slowed, not all of the slowing represents economic slack, and inflation remains persistently above target.
September 30, 2025
Texas service sector activity falters amid increased uncertainty
Texas service sector activity contracted slightly in September, according to business executives responding to the Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey.
September 30, 2025
Central bank swaps offer dollar crisis lifeline to non-U.S. banks
Starting in late 2007, the Federal Reserve, in partnership with a few major foreign central banks, began offering central bank dollar liquidity swap lines as an important liquidity backstop.
September 30, 2025