Dallas Fed Economics Archive

 

• May 30, 2023
  The connection between banking and sovereign debt crises

  Sewon Hur

  Dallas Fed economist Sewon Hur examines how sovereign debt crises can amplify banking problems.
• May 16, 2023
  Recent growth of professional services jobs favors select Texas counties

  Ana Pranger and Yichen Su

  Professional services jobs have grown faster in Texas than in the U.S. since 2020, partly because of business relocations to the state. This expansion has been highly geographically clustered, with 10 of Texas’ 254 counties accounting for more than 92 percent of the statewide growth.
• May 11, 2023
  Texas economic expansion slows; business outlooks weaken

  Laila Assanie and Prithvi Kalkunte

  The Texas economy’s modest expansion appears to be slowing despite having some pockets of strength.
• May 9, 2023
  Global energy producer Midland–Odessa seeks economic stability, end to boom-and-bust

  Jesse Thompson

  In the fifth stop on her 360° in 365 Listening Tour, Dallas Fed President Lorie K. Logan met with Midland–Odessa business and community leaders in mid-April to learn about the area’s strengths, challenges and outlook.
• April 11, 2023
  COVID-era eviction moratoriums improved financial well-being … while they lasted

  Nitzan Tzur-Ilan, Emily Perlmeter and Xiaohan Zhang

  This analysis leverages new eviction and credit data from Dallas County, Texas, to explore the impact of the moratoriums and to examine trends that surfaced once the moratoriums ended.
• April 4, 2023
  Interest rate volatility contributed to higher mortgage rates in 2022

  W. Scott Frame and Matthew McCormick

  The Federal Reserve aggressively tightened monetary policy in 2022, responding to high and persistent inflation. The resulting borrowing cost increase for households and firms was generally anticipated. However, fixed-rate mortgage interest rates were especially sensitive to the policy regime change.
• March 30, 2023
  Strong Texas job gains encounter economic uncertainty, signs of slowing

  Jesus Cañas and Aparna Jayashankar

  Weakness in Texas’ manufacturing sector has been largely offset by modest service sector growth, producing a mixed overall economic picture.
• March 28, 2023
  Calibrating central bank inflation messages is key to policy success

  Antonella Tutino

  A well-crafted message about the current and future state of the economy can influence the private sector’s expectations and guide behavior to ensure that the economy remains strong and prices stable even amid threatening supply-and-demand shocks.
• March 9, 2023
  High-tech hotspot Austin works to solve labor, housing issues

  Luis Torres, Emily Ryder Perlmeter and Pia Orrenius

  In the fourth stop on her 360° in 365 Listening Tour, Dallas Fed President Lorie K. Logan met with Austin business and community leaders in January to learn about the area’s strengths, challenges and outlook.
• March 7, 2023
  Capital flowed from emerging markets as pandemic, economic cycle took hold

  J. Scott Davis and Andrei Zlate

  Fluctuations in the global financial cycle, reflecting impacts from the COVID crisis, account for roughly one-third of the movement in emerging-market inflows during 2020–23.