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Mexico’s economy shows mixed signals
The latest data available indicated a mixed economic outlook as employment and remittances fell, while output primarily driven by agriculture, industrial production, exports and retail sales grew.
June 20, 2025
Texas Employment Forecast, June 20
The Texas Employment Forecast indicates jobs will increase 2.0 percent in 2025, with an 80 percent confidence band of 1.5 to 2.5 percent.
June 20, 2025
Energy Indicators, June 2025
Texas solar power generation grew faster compared to other fuel types in 2024, although natural gas and wind generation continue to make up the highest shares of Texas’ electricity grid.
June 16, 2025
Eleventh District banks rely on core business, stay profitable as loan growth softens
Banks in the Federal Reserve Eleventh District have adapted to rising interest rates, which have discouraged new borrowing and complicated the transition to higher-earning loan portfolios, while credit remains strong as borrowers continue to make payments amidst economic growth.
June 6, 2025
Analysis of Multiple Long-Run Relations in Panel Data Models
This paper proposes a novel methodology that filters out the short-run dynamics using sub-sample time averages as deviations from their full-sample counterpart, and estimates the number of long-run relations and their coefficients using eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the pooled covariance matrix of these sub-sample deviations.
June 5, 2025
El Paso Economic Indicators, June 2025
Employment in El Paso expanded in April, and the unemployment rate ticked up. Wages dipped but were still up compared with levels a year ago. Existing-home sales and months of inventory ticked down slightly.
June 5, 2025
Houston Economic Indicators, June 2025
Houston’s labor market expanded modestly in April, with employment increasing an annualized 0.9 percent over the last three months. Unemployment ticked up to 4.4 percent in April.
June 5, 2025
Austin Economic Indicators
Austin employment rose in April, while the unemployment rate increased , and retail sales fell. Housing prices ticked down; however, inventories rose, and housing permits grew.
June 4, 2025
Eleventh District Beige Book
Economic activity in the Eleventh District economy was little changed over the reporting period. Nonfinancial services activity held steady and growth in the manufacturing sector slowed. Loan volumes grew slightly, and the housing market remained subdued. Employment was flat and price pressures held steady except for the tariff-related increases seen in the manufacturing sector. Outlooks generally deteriorated, and tariff uncertainty was making it hard for businesses to plan for the future.
June 4, 2025
Local Labor Markets and Selection into the Teaching Profession
Using administrative data from Texas, this paper tracks individuals from high school through college to the workforce to determine the effects of local labor markets on occupational choice.
June 3, 2025