A comprehensive list of recently added postings on Dallasfed.org.
Special Questions
For this month’s survey, Texas business executives were asked supplemental questions on supply-chain disruptions.
February 28, 2022
Behind the Numbers: PCE Inflation Update, January 2022
The headline, or all-items, PCE price index rose an annualized 7.1 percent in January after increasing an annualized 6.5 percent in December.
February 25, 2022
Pandemic mortgage relief headed off delinquencies, but what happens now?
As more Texas mortgages exit forbearance, ZIP codes with larger vulnerability will be at particular risk for financial stress.
February 25, 2022
Emerging Trends in Real Estate Markets Post-COVID
Industry analysts, economists and experts discussed the latest trends affecting residential and commercial real estate at this virtual conference.
February 24, 2022
‘They’re in deep hiding’: Pandemic hinders efforts to reengage Texas’ disconnected youth
Education and employment trends suggest that the number of 16–24-year-olds disconnected from both work and school—known as opportunity youth—has grown during the pandemic.
February 23, 2022
Electric vehicles gain ground but still face price, range, charging constraints
Further improvement seems necessary before a wholesale switch to EVs occurs in the U.S.
February 22, 2022
Real Wages Grew During Two Years of COVID-19 After Controlling for Workforce Composition
Despite recent negative real wage growth, workers have experienced real wage gains over the two years of the pandemic.
February 15, 2022
Banking Conditions Survey
Loan demand increased over the past six weeks, as did loan volumes, though both rose at a slightly slower pace than in the prior period.
February 14, 2022
Mexico’s economy contracts at end of 2021
Mexico's GDP contracted an annualized 0.4 percent in fourth quarter 2021 after falling 1.7 percent in the third quarter, resulting in a preliminary estimate of 1.6 percent for 2021 GDP growth (fourth quarter/fourth quarter).
February 10, 2022
The Matching Function and Nonlinear Business Cycles
Using a general constant returns to scale matching function, this paper first derives analytical conditions that determine how the cyclicality of the matching elasticity amplifies or dampens the nonlinear dynamics of the job finding and unemployment rates. It then demonstrates that these effects are quantitatively significant and driven by plausible variation in the matching elasticity.
February 8, 2022