Dallas Fed recent additions

• Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey

  Texas factory activity continued to increase but at a slower pace in January, according to business executives responding to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey.

  January 31, 2022

• Special Questions

  For this month’s survey, Texas business executives were asked supplemental questions on the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) and labor market.

  January 31, 2022

• Behind the Numbers: PCE Inflation Update, December 2021

  The headline, or all-items, PCE price index rose an annualized 5.5 percent in December after increasing an annualized 7.8 percent in November.

  January 28, 2022

• Energy Indicators

  Eroding inventories, heighted political tensions and uncertainty regarding spare production capacity from OPEC+ member countries kept global energy prices elevated through the end of 2021.

  January 28, 2022

• El Paso Economic Indicators

  El Paso’s economic expansion paused in December. The metro’s business-cycle index dipped, and its labor market contracted.

  January 27, 2022

• Texas Economic Indicators

  The Texas economy saw broad-based employment growth and a decline in unemployment in December. COVID-19 cases appear to have peaked in mid-January.

  January 25, 2022

• Federal Reserve Banks of Atlanta and Dallas conference explored housing, urban economics

  Residential real estate prices rose sharply throughout the United States following the onset of COVID-19 in early 2020. While property owners received a capital gains windfall, first-time buyers and renters have struggled with reduced affordability.

  January 25, 2022

• Skipping school: Enrollment numbers down for students ages 16–24 during pandemic

  Pandemic-related hardships likely contributed to a surge in the number of young people disconnected from school at both the secondary and postsecondary levels.

  January 24, 2022

• Houston Economic Indicators

  Houston extended its jobs recovery through November, and leading economic indicators suggest further recovery over the next several months.

  January 19, 2022

• How did federal stimulus recipients use their checks?

  Did stimulus payments go to—and were they used by—those who needed them the most? The evidence suggests that this was the case.

  January 13, 2022