A comprehensive list of recently added postings on Dallasfed.org.
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
San Antonio Economic Indicators, August 2023
San Antonio payroll jobs declined in July as the region experienced employment contraction across most sectors. Unemployment jumped as jobs declined and the labor force expanded at the fastest pace since the recovery from the pandemic shutdown in early 2020.
August 24, 2023
A Theory of Capital Flow Retrenchment
This paper shows that a negative global shock (rise in global risk-aversion) generates an identical drop in gross inflows and outflows.
August 23, 2023
Dallas-Fort Worth Economic Indicators, August 23, 2023
The Dallas–Fort Worth economy expanded in July. Payroll employment grew, but unemployment ticked up as more workers joined the labor force.
August 23, 2023