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Rio Grande Valley Economic Indicators, second quarter 2026
Employment continued to expand in the Rio Grande Valley in the second quarter, despite a slight increase in joblessness. Year-over-year wages rose in both Brownsville and McAllen. Water storage in Rio Grande Valley reservoirs ticked up, though it remains well below historical levels.
August 17, 2026
Alternative Trimmed Mean PCE inflation measure better tracked price surge
To gauge the medium-term trend in underlying inflation, the Dallas Fed’s Trimmed Mean personal consumption expenditures (PCE) inflation rate drops price changes in the tails of the monthly distribution of PCE components, minimizing the impact of outliers.
August 13, 2026
Developing a strong workforce requires collaboration
Dallas Fed Senior Vice President Roberto Coronado delivered these remakrs at the Texas Tribune Future of the Texas Workforce symposium in Waco, Texas.
August 12, 2026
Southern New Mexico Economic Indicators, Q2 2026
Employment in Las Cruces grew robustly from June 2025 to June 2026. Employment growth was also strong from March through June, and the unemployment rate was unchanged.
August 12, 2026
Does it matter who finances the government’s debt?
Government debt financed from domestic savings has a smaller effect on interest rates than government debt financed from foreign borrowing, and nations that are net international creditors can borrow more cheaply than net international debtors. These observations help explain massive government borrowing since 2008 while bond yields remained persistently low.
August 11, 2026
Are We Consuming Too Much Groundwater?
This paper studies the optimality of human groundwater extraction from many of the world’s 3,400 aquifers, where institutional or market failures may produce non-optimal extraction decisions.
August 10, 2026
Permian Basin Economic Indicators, Q2 2026
Employment in the Texas Permian Basin grew in the three months ending in June, while unemployment rates rose. The number of home sales increased, while the median price of homes sold decreased. Oil production, the number of new wells drilled and the number of active rigs all moved up.
August 7, 2026
What the Iran War Teaches Us about the Price Elasticity of Oil Supply
This paper draws on evidence from the 2026 Iran War to assess the validity of estimates of the short-run price elasticity of oil supply reported in the literature.
August 6, 2026
The Incidence of Fuel-Price Shocks and Tax Holidays: Evidence from the 2026 Oil Shock
This paper measures the distributional incidence of U.S. motor-fuel tax holidays using transaction records from ∼13,200 gasoline stations linked to neighborhood income.
August 6, 2026
Mexican economy gains momentum
Mexico's economy expanded in the second quarter. According to preliminary estimates, GDP grew 6.1 percent annualized quarter over quarter, up from a 2.4 percent contraction in Q1.
August 6, 2026