A comprehensive list of recently added postings on Dallasfed.org.
Commodity derivatives markets and financial stability
Keynote remarks by Sam Schulhofer-Wohl at FIA Forum: Commodities 2023—Commodity Derivatives Markets in the Age of Uncertainty.
September 13, 2023
Restoring price stability requires careful calibration
Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan delivered these remarks before the Dallas Business Club at Southern Methodist University.
September 7, 2023
Austin Economic Indicators, September 7, 2023
In July, the Austin economy experienced job growth as most sectors expanded. In addition, the business-cycle index ticked up.
September 7, 2023
New office buildings rise on Texas skyline despite difficult market
Despite persistent remote work arrangements and high vacancies in existing office buildings, construction cranes erecting new office space continue to dot Texas skylines.
September 5, 2023
PCE inflation update
The headline, or all-items, PCE price index rose an annualized 2.6 percent in July after increasing an annualized 2.5 percent in June.
August 31, 2023
Marriage and Work Among Prime-Age Men
Married men work more hours than men who have never been married. Fixed effect regressions reveal that part of this gap is attributable to an increase in work around the time of marriage.
August 29, 2023
Houston Economic Indicators, August 29, 2023
Houston employment rose 0.9 percent in the three months ending in July, a pickup from June’s sluggish growth. With the latest revisions, Houston has added 41,282 jobs in 2023 year to date.
August 29, 2023
Growth in service activity continues as price and wage pressures pick up in August
Texas service sector activity expanded at a slightly faster pace in August, according to business executives responding to the Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey.
August 29, 2023
Texas natives likeliest to ‘stick’ around, pointing to state’s economic health
Based on a calculation measuring the share of people born in each state who still live there, Texas is the nation’s “stickiest” state. The natives aren’t leaving.
August 29, 2023
Oil Price Shocks and Inflation
Despite growing interest in the impact of oil and other energy price shocks on inflation and inflation expectations, until recently this question has not received much attention. This survey not only presents empirical results for the U.S. economy, but expands the analysis to include other major economies.
August 24, 2023