Dallas Fed recent additions

• El Paso Economic Indicators

  Declines in El Paso’s business-cycle index and payroll employment signaled diminishing economic activity. However, unemployment continued its downward trend.

  October 27, 2022

• Texas Economic Indicators

  Texas economic activity accelerated in September. Payrolls increased strongly and jobless claims dipped.

  October 26, 2022

• Houston Economic Indicators

  Houston payrolls continued to log significant gains through September, and high-frequency Houston data on trends in credit and debit card transactions as well as restaurant demand showed no sign of slowing by early October.

  October 25, 2022

• The Electric Ceiling: Limits and Costs of Full Electrification

  Electrification is a centerpiece of global decarbonization efforts. Yet there are reasons to be skeptical of the inevitability, or at least the optimal pace, of the transition. This paper discusses several under-appreciated costs of full, or even deep, electrification.

  October 21, 2022

• Texas Employment Forecast

  The Texas Employment Forecast indicates that jobs will increase 4.4 percent in 2022, with an 80 percent confidence band of 3.9 to 4.8 percent.

  October 21, 2022

• Energy Indicators

  Deteriorating global economic conditions have reduced expectations for oil consumption growth. OPEC+ has elected to cut production quotas in November, but underproduction by member countries is likely to mute the total impact.

  October 21, 2022

• Diverse, resilient Houston looking at moving beyond traditional energy base

  Dallas Fed President Lorie K. Logan met with Houston business and community leaders earlier this month in the stop on her 360° in 365 Listening Tour.

  October 20, 2022

• Eleventh District Beige Book

  Growth in the Eleventh District economy continued at a modest pace overall. Expansion in manufacturing activity picked up a bit while service sector expansion eased slightly.

  October 19, 2022

• Whose wages are falling behind the least amid surging inflation?

  For a majority of workers, wages didn’t increase as fast as inflation in the 12 months ended in second quarter 2022. Here, we dig deeper to see how outcomes may have differed across groups of workers.

  October 18, 2022

• Automakers’ bold plans for electric vehicles spur U.S. battery boom

  Meeting ambitious manufacturing goals will require batteries—lots of them—as an electric vehicle (EV) can use hundreds to thousands of individual lithium-ion batteries.

  October 11, 2022